Excitonic effects on linear and nonlinear optical absorption coefficients and refractive index changes in one-dimensional quantum dots with linear potential

Abstract

Excitonic effects on linear and nonlinear optical absorption coefficients (OAC) and refractive index changes (RIC) in one-dimensional quantum dots with linear potential are theoretically investigated within the framework of the compact-density-matrix approach and iterative method. It is found that linear and nonlinear OAC and RIC with excitonic effects in one-dimensional quantum dots are larger than that without excitonic effects. Besides, when excitonic effects are considered, our results show a remarkable dependence of linear and nonlinear OAC and RIC on linear potential.