Quantum-confined Stark effect in zero-dimensional semiconductor quantum-dot (QD) has attracted considerable interest
due to the potential applications in electro-optic modulation and quantum computing. Composition interdiffusion occurs
easily during the high temperature epitaxial growth or ex situ annealing treatment, therefore understanding the effects of
interdiffusion is essential for device design and modeling. However, relatively little attention has been devoted to a
systematic study of this effect. In this paper, the effects of isotropic interdiffusion on the optical transition energy of
self-assembled InAs/GaAs QD structure under an electric field have been investigated theoretically. Our
three-dimensional QD calculation is based on coupled QDs with different shapes arranged periodically in a tetragonal
superlattice, taking into account the finite band offset, valence-band mixing, strain, and effective mass anisotropicity.
The electron and hole Hamiltonians with the interdiffusion effect are solved in the momentum space domain. Our results
show that isotropic three-dimensional In-Ga interdiffusion will makes the Stark shift become more symmetry about F=0 in asymmetric lens-shaped and pyramidal QDs, implying the reduced build-in dipole momentum. The
interdiffusion also leads to enhanced Stark shift with more prominent effects to QDs that are under larger electric fields.
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