Abstract
The problem of calculating the valence-band structure of strained-layer quantum wells in the effective-mass approximation is reviewed. Using the spherical approximation and exploiting the simplicity of the infinitely deep well model we show that the in-plane effective mass is determined by two factors—a splitting contribution which is dominant at large strains, and a quantum confinement contribution. A model for finite-depth wells is presented which gives analytic expressions for the zone-center in-plane mass and associated nonparabolicity factor, and it is applied to the system InxGa1−xAs/GaAs. The model allows the computation of valence-band structure using no more than a pocket calculator. It is shown to give results in reasonable agreement with experiment.
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