Abstract
We develope a method to express wave functions of hole states in semiconductor quantum wire (QWR) structures based on spatial variation of the valence p-orbital Bloch functions, to show how envelope wave functions relate to polarization-dependent interband transition. A wave function of a hole state is obtained solving the Schrödinger equation based on the 4×4 Luttinger Hamiltonian, and then recomposed by means of six bases of three p-orbital Bloch functions with two spin components. As a result, the hole wave function is expressed by six envelope wave functions for the six bases. Then, interband optical transition matrix elements with x-, y-, and z-polarizations are separately given by overlap integrals between envelope wave functions of holes for px, py, and pz orbitals and those of electrons. We also calculate the wave functions for a modeled ridge QWR structure with mirror symmetry as well as for an asymmetric structure, and discuss the polarization dependence of the optical transition.
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