Abstract
This work discusses the role of quantum wires as electromagnetic waveguides. The optical gain of buried InGaAs/In(GaAs)P wire structures is investigated as a function of the wire width. We find that the relative contribution of the light and heavy hole transition as well as the optical polarization of the gain are strongly dependent on the wire width. This corresponds to the behavior expected as a result of quantum confinement. Based on calculations of the waveguiding behavior of the wires, however, we attribute these effects to changes of the waveguide properties rather than to quantum confinement effects of the carriers.
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