Abstract
AbstractWe investigate the effect of an electric field applied tranversely to the axis of cylindrical symmetry of a cylindrical quantum wire on the ground‐state energy of the electrons in the wire using an infinite confining potential well model. For low electric fields, we find a quadratic shift of the energy levels with the electric field; while for strong fields, the Stark shift of the ground‐state energy increases almost linearly with the electric field. This increase is greater for wide wires, but for narrow wires, the Stark shift of the ground‐state energy does not change much with the electric field. Also, at higher electric fields, the Stark shift of the ground‐state energy increases with increasing wire radius. This will lead to the decrease of the effective bandgap of a semiconducting quantum wire with electric field. (© 2003 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)
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