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Reduced quantum confinement effect and electron-hole separation in SiGe nanowires

by: Michele Amato, Maurizia Palummo, Stefano Ossicini
Physical Review B, Vol. 79 (May 2009), 201302, doi:10.1103/physrevb.79.201302  Key: citeulike:11866878

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Using first-principles methods, we investigate the structural and electronic properties of SiGe nanowires-based heterostructures, whose lattice contains the same number of Si and Ge atoms but arranged in a different manner. Our results demonstrate that the wires with a clear interface between Si and Ge regions not only form the most stable structures but show a strongly reduced quantum confinement effect. Moreover, we, with the inclusion of many-body effects, prove that these nanowires—under optical excitation—display a clear electron-hole separation property which can have relevant technological applications.


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