YANG Hong-tao, Eerdunchaolu, JI Wen-hui. The Influence of Polaron Effects on the Properties of the Strong-coupling Interface Exciton in Polar Crystals[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2007,28(6): 837-842
YANG Hong-tao, Eerdunchaolu, JI Wen-hui. The Influence of Polaron Effects on the Properties of the Strong-coupling Interface Exciton in Polar Crystals[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2007,28(6): 837-842DOI:
The Influence of Polaron Effects on the Properties of the Strong-coupling Interface Exciton in Polar Crystals
Based on model of Huybrechts strong-coupling polaron
the ground state energy of the system
in which the excitons interact with both the weak-coupling bulk longitudinal-optical(LO) phonons and strong-coupling interface-optical(IO) phonons in a polar crystal
is studied by using the Lee-Low-Pines variational method
the self-trapping energy and the induced potential of the excitons are derived.The results are shown as following:1.The self-trapping energy of the excitons is composed of two parts.One part is the polaron effects resulting from the exciton-LO phonon interaction
the other part is induced by the exciton-IO phonon interaction.The self-trapping energy E
e
h-LO
tr
which is produced by the interaction between the exciton and LO-phonon
will increase with increasing the coordinate z
it tends to a constant finally.The self-trapping energy E
e
h-IO
tr
which is induced by the interaction between the exciton and IO-phonon
will increase with decreasing the coordinate
especially near the interface
the decrease in z will lead to drastic increase in E
e
h-IO
tr
.It is indicated that near the interface
the contribution of the electron-IO phonon interaction to the self-trapping energy of the excitons is dominant
whereas the exciton in the bulk far from the interface
the contribution of the electron-LO phonon interaction to the self-trapping energy of exciton is dominant.The influence of the distance ρ between the electron and hole on the self-trapping energy E
e
h-IO
tr
is also remarkable.E
e
h-IO
tr
will increase with increasing ρ.With ρ increasing
the decrease in coordinate z will lead to drastic increase in E
e
h-IO
tr
.2.The induced potential of the excitons is also composed of two parts
one part is the polaron effects produced by the interaction between the exciton and LO phonons
the other part is induced by the exciton-IOphonon interaction.The variation law of the induced potential V
e
h-LO
and V
e
h-IO
resulting from the exciton-LO phonon and exciton-IO phonon interaction
respectively
is agreement with the variation law of the induced potential produced by the weak-coupling exciton-LO phonon interaction in 3D polar crystal and the strong-coupling exciton-SO phonon interaction in 2D polar crystal respectively.The influence of the coordinate of the exciton on the induced potential V
e
h-IO
and V
e
h-IO
is notable.V
e
h-LO
increases with increasing the coordinate z.With z increasing
the increase in the distance ρ between the electron and hole will lead to drastic decrease in V
e
h-LO
.The induced potential V
e
h-IO
decreases with increasing z.With z decreasing
the decrease in ρ will lead to drastic increase in induced potential V
e
h-IO
.The results show that the influence of the surface and interface phonon in polar crystal can not be neglected.It is especially important for the polar slab
quantum well and heterostructures
in which the carriers are both strong-coupling with surface or interface optical phonon and weak-coupling with bulk longitudinal optical phonon.