Exciton–phonon properties in cylindrical quantum dot with parabolic confinement potential under electric field

Abstract

Abstract The mixed confinement potential effect on exciton in cylindrical quantum dot (QD) is calculated in the presence of an electric field with and without confined longitudinal optical (LO) phonon mode contribution. The variational approach within the effective mass approximation is used to describe the exciton–phonon interaction with three variational parameters of the trial wave function. The ground state binding energy of exciton has been calculated numerically for the parabolic (axial direction) and square (lateral direction) finite confinement potentials under the electric field applied along the growth direction of the QD. The system both with and without LO-phonon contribution is investigated. The combined effects of applied electric field and parabolic confinement on the ground state binding energy, the polaronic correction and the Stark shift are examined in detail. The findings indicate that the electric field strongly reduces the binding energy in both ignoring and considering LO-phonon interaction especially for wider thickness of QD. We have shown that the contribution of LO-phonon leads to an increase in the binding energy and to decrease in the Stark shift energy. Furthermore, our numerical results illustrate a strong dependence of Stark shift on the QD height, electric field strength and LO-phonon contribution.