Quantum well Definition and 58 Threads

Hi! This question is translated so that's why it might sound a bit weird. I know that the answer should mention the band diagram of the LED, and I think that the answer is to introduce an electrical contact connected to a voltage source. Then when you increase the voltage, it should attract the...

Hi Carriers injected in the conduction band of a bulk semiconductor, either by optical or by electrical injection, are relaxing to the lowest free states near the band edge by transmitting their excess energy and momentum to phonons before they recombine with holes in the valence band. This is...

Greetings everyone, Exactly as the title says. I am reaching to something strange and I do not know what I am missing. It must be something obvious... case 1: -L/2 to L/2 After taking the Schrodinger equation and considering potential equal to zero inside we reach at this...

Hi all, below is my attempt. Pretty new at quantum so do correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks i) Since 1nm is the wavelength of the electron, Wavelength = 1nm, 1nm=2(2nm)/n , n=4? ii) - iii) From n=1 to n=4, Change in E = 15h^2/8mL where m is the mass of electron and L is 2nm? From the change in E...

Homework Statement:: Consider an electron trapped in a one-dimensional finite well of width L. What is the minimum possible kinetic energy of the electron? A) 0 B) Between 0 and h^2/8mL^2 C) ≈h^2/8mL^2, but it is not possible to find the exact value because of the uncertainty principle D)...

Homework Statement:: An electron is in state n=2 in an infinite quantum well with width L. What is the probability to find the electron if you measure within the well's central third? Can someone cofirm whether or not my solution is correct Homework Equations:: Y=Asin(n*pi*x/L) I use the wave...

Hi, it's been so long since I learned quantum mechanics. So the only thing I can solve now is the square quantum well problem. But I need help because I have to solve this problem of quantum well. I tried some calculation but not far.I try to draw the capacitance-voltage profile by drawing the...

Summary: Search to compute gain of a quantum well. Stuck with maths or programming. Hi everyone ! For a personal project, I search to compute the optical gain occurring on a semiconductor quantum well. I have based my calculations on a paper called Investigation and comparison of optical gain...

Problem Statement: See below Relevant Equations: 2D density of states ##g\left(E \right)=\frac{m^{*}}{\pi\hbar^2}## Fermi energy in a quantum cascade laser ##E_{F}=E_{i}+k_{B}Tln\left[exp\left(\frac{\pi\hbar^2n^{2D}}{k_{B}Tm^{*}} \right)-1\right]## I've been stuck on this problem for a few...

Homework Statement Hi, I am new to MATLAB and have an assignment where I have to construct a Hamiltonian matrix, apply boundary conditions, then find corresponding eigenvalues and eigenvectors for the electron in a box problem. I am stumped where to start. From our class we learned that you...

Homework Statement I posted a picture of the question https://imgur.com/a/8byywYL Homework Equations P = $$(<\psi_{n}|\psi_{o}>)^2$$ The Attempt at a Solution I am guessing that I compute(denote by ##\psi_{o}## the ground state of the old well and by ##\psi_{n}## the ground state of the new...

Hi ! In my class we have an exercise that I technically understand but that I can't get conceptually. We have trois molecules (naphtalene, anthracene, tétracene). Considering each molecule as infinite quantum well of length 2L(naphtalene), 3L(anthracene) and 4L(tetracene), we would like to...

Homework Statement A quantum well is doped with electrons such that if it had one only one confined sub-band the Fermi energy would be 50meV. In reality the quantum well has two sub-bands with energy separation between the bottoms of the sub-bands of 30meV. Deduce what are the resultant...

hey, this thread might be a bit longer, but I have already calculated everything and I am quiet sure that it is right :) Just need someone who confirms me or not :) 1. Homework Statement Time evolution of probabilities. An electron inside a quantum well of length L is at time t = 0 in the...

Homework Statement Comment how the energy and wave functions of the electron would change in the case of a finite dept quantum well with the same width. Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution I feel completely clueless as how to approach! :( * The full question can be found in the...

Homework Statement I am trying to calculate the charge density in the first subband (n=1) of the quantum well of length L as shown in the below figure. here is the electron wave function for the first sub-band and its value (from relevant equation 1) is given as Ψ12(x) = 2/L*sin2(πx/L) from...

Hello everybody ! Recently i heard that, application of an electric field onto a quantum well tilts the quantum well and changes its 2-D density of states to 3-D bulk density. Is this true..? Can anybody give some more information or reference on this..? Thanks for any Help.

I've been reading up a bit on semiconductor quantum wells, and came across a selection rule for an infinite quantum well that says that "Δn = n' - n = 0", where n' is the quantum well index of an excited electron state in the conduction band, and n is the index of the valence band state where...

I am making a finite elements simulation of electrons in the bottom of the conduction band of some material. To do so I assume that the electrons move in the bottom of a flat well with their original mass replaced by the effective mass. The idea is to calculate wave functions for electrons...

Hello I want to ask, how many types of Triangular quantum well is there in quantum mechanics? how does the schrodinger eq. change? and also their eigenvalues. tnx.

Hello all, I need to understand how to find eigenfunctions and eigenvalues in a state of Triangular quantum well, It would consist of two triangle. Tnx a lot.

Hi, We know that for an infinite well of length a, eigenfunctions of the hamiltonian are : \psi_n(x)=\sqrt{\frac{2}{a}}sin(\frac{\pi n x}{a}) related to the eigenvalues E_n=n^2\frac{\hbar ^2 \pi^2}{2ma^2} Now, I would like to consider two infinite quantum wells of length a et b (not...

Homework Statement The question is attached as a picture. Note: if someone would prefer I type it out I can. Homework Equations Schrodingers equation The Attempt at a Solution PART A I am pretty sure I got the well right. It looks like a finite well inside an infinite well. I...

Homework Statement Regular Doping: Let's say that we want to introduce some electrons into a quantum well, by adding dopant atoms (donors) to the semiconductor. The "regular" way to do this would be to deposit our semiconductor films, first a "barrier" layer with large band gap, then the...

1. Homework Statement -This is a problem on my practice final that I haven't been able to solve. Hoping someone out there can take a crack & clarify it for me. Quantum wells are devices which can be used to trap electrons in semiconductors. If the electron is in the well it has a lower...

Homework Statement -This is a problem on my practice final that I haven't been able to solve. Hoping someone out there can take a crack & clarify it for me. Quantum wells are devices which can be used to trap electrons in semiconductors. If the electron is in the well it has a lower...

Homework Statement An electron is in a one-dimensional rectangular potential well with barriers of infinite height. The width of the well is equal to L = 5 nm. Find the wavelengths of photons emitted during electronic transitions from the excited states with quantum numbers n = 2, λ21, and n =...

Quantum laser diodes. How does light escape? I recently became very interested on the functioning of these amazing devices and so I read online about the topic of quantum wells, semiconductors and lasers. After much reading I believe I can now understand the basics of lasers, resonant...

Homework Statement If an electron is in a finite quantum well and it's E>V{0} what does the wave function look like? Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution Wondering if anyone could help me out with this? I know that outside the well the electron will have the same...

It is a classic 2DE quantum well problem. I do not understand few things. I haven't seen the solution anywhere on the new, so this is why i ask here. It is a quantum well - Lx is it's dimension along x-axis Ly is it's dimension along the y-axis.There is a potential as in picture let's call it...

we know that the quantum well absorption coefficient is calculated by summing over the electron-heavy hole and electron-light hole transitions: α_{w}(E) = \sum_{n}α_{e_{n}-hh_{n}}(E) + \sum_{n}α_{e_{n}-lh_{n}}(E) where n is the n^{th} transistion. but when the photon flux is incident...

Dear All, When an electrical contact is made onto the quantum well, how would the energy states be affected ?

I have written a code which is something like that clc X = input('Molefraction of Al in system:'); n=input('no of well:'); width=zeros(1,50); for j=1:(2*n+1) width(j,:)=input('length of areas:'); end del_eg=1.247*X; V1=0.6*del_eg; V=zeros(1,100); for j=1:n...

Homework Statement Find the condition on the depth of the finite square well such that one finds two even and one odd bound state energy eigenstates, but no other bound state solutions exist. Your answer should appear as a range of allowed well depths, say ? < Vdepth of well < ? Homework...

consider the GaAs-AlGaAs semiconductor quantum well the gap of GaAs is situated inside the AlGaAs gap however, what is its precise position?

Hello Forum, I understand that a quantum dot is a 3 dimensional confinement of an electron inside which the electron can only have quantized energy (quantized energy levels)...a quantum wire is a 2D trap, a well a 3D trap... What is so special about confining electrons in space? Why so many...

Hi, I need some help to work out the electron-hole overlap integral Mnn' for a quantum well: Knowing that M'nn'=\int\varphi*en'(z).\varphihn(z).dz => How can I show that Mnn' is unity if n=n' and zero otherwise (in a quantum well with infinite barriers) ? => How can I show that Mnn' is zero...

Homework Statement Solve for the allowed energy values E of a finite square quantum well of depth U0 = 25eV, width a = 0.5nm that contains an electron of mass m (I'm presuming that m = 9.11*10^-31kg, the question doesn't indicate a specific value to use). I'm defining the interior potential to...

Hi there, I'm a bit confused as to the meaning of the following figure, for the quantum well case: I understand that with the quantum dot, since the states are completely quantised you get the delta functions - states only exist at certain energies so the DOS at these energies is non zero...

I'm looking in a textbook at a discussion of a semiconductor quantum well which is being irradiated and an absorption spectrum produced. Electrons are being promoted across the band gap and holes are being created. There are heavy hole and light hole transitions, and the spectrum shown rises in...

Homework Statement Calculate the first three energy leveles for an electron in a quantum well of width 10Angstrom and infinite walls. Homework Equations En=\frac{n2pi2(hbar)2}{2mL2} The Attempt at a Solution m=9.109E-31Kg L=10E-10m hbar=1.055E-34 En=n2*6.032E-20 My problem...

Hi, http://books.google.at/books?id=40rRzNbuhpAC&pg=PA146 Can anybody explain me why in the third bracket in 3.139 is suddenly a minus instead of a plus? In 3.136 it is a Plus! And it is pure substitution as far as I understand... And I checked everything before a few times: It should be...

If we have 2 particles in ground state in an infinite quantum well of length L (one-dimetion). Suppose then that the unperturbed energy is two times the ground energy of only one particle in an infinite qunatum well of length L. Then I want to use first order perturbation theory to find the...

Homework Statement An infinite quantum well width is 5 nm. An electron is confined in the well with 50% in the lowest eigenstate E1 and 50% in the second lowest state E2. 1. What is the energy difference between the two lowest states, E2-E1 2. What is the possible wavefunction of the...

Hiya guys, i have a quantum well in strange notation I have never seen before. I think i can do the question, i just need to know the shape of the well. If someone would be so kind to draw me a shape (I think its a step but not sure?). It is: dphi dphi...

Thickness of Quantum Well ?? As I know there are two quantum wells exist. 1. Single Quantum Well 2. Multiple Quantum Well My ques is that : How to find the thickness of a quantum well ? is there any equation to find quantum well thickness ? for single or multiple ? Usually I have look...

How does a direct band gap (like that in GaAs) vary with its well width?

Ok, so this example question is in my lecture notes: Homework Statement "For a 1-D quantum well, 5nm width, 2eV barrier height, calculate the number of energy levels in the well." Homework Equations So the equation given is a familiar one: E_n=\frac{n^2 \pi^2 \hbar^2}{2 m L^2}...

1. What do we mean by the carrier number at transparency. I mean, what is carrier transparency of a laser? 2. in an IEEE paper ("Circuit Modeling of Quantum-Well Lasers for Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits (ICs) Including Physical Effect of Deep-Level Traps" IEEE J. Quantum electronics...

My understanding of a quantum well transistor is that it is created by sandwiching materials with higher bandgaps with smaller ones, so that it creates a potential well. So for instance, electrons will be forced to be confined within the well, as they would travel along the Quantum Well channel...