Abstract

The optical absorption and refractive index of a donor impurity confined by a three-dimensional quantum pseudodot are studied using the matrix diagonalization method within the effective-mass approximation. The great advantage of our methodology is that it enables us to tune confinement strength and regime by varying two parameters in the model potential. Based on the computed energies and wave functions, the linear, third-order nonlinear and total optical absorption coefficients as well as the refractive index changes have been examined. The results are presented as a function of the incident photon energy for the different values of the chemical potential of the electron gas and the zero point of the pseudoharmonic potential. We find that the larger optical nonlinearity will be obtained by varying the zero point of the pseudoharmonic potential compared to the chemical potential of electron gas.

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