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Within the framework of the second-order Rayleigh-Schrödinger perturbation theory, we investigate the effects of the interaction of the electron and longitudinal-optical phonons in two-dimensional semiconductive quantum dots with respect to a general potential. We propose a simple expression for the ground state energy, and compare it with those obtained by Landau-Pekar strong coupling theory. It is shown both analytically and numerically that the results obtained from the second-order Rayleigh-Schrödinger perturbation theory could be better than those from Landau-Pekar strong coupling theory when the coupling constant is sufficiently small. Moreover, some interesting problems, such as polarons in quasi-one-dimensional quantum wires, and quasi-zero-dimensional asymmetric or symmetric quantum dots can be easily discussed only by taking different limits. After the numerical calculations, we find that there exists a simple dimensional scaling and symmetry relation for the ground state polaron energy. Furthermore, we apply our results to some weak-coupling polar semiconductors such as GaAs, CdS. It is shown that the polaronic effects are found to be quiet appreciable if the confinement lengths and smaller than a few nanometers.
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Received: 3 December 1997 / Revised: 6 July 1998 / Accepted: 17 September 1998
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Ren, Y., Chen, Q., Yu, Y. et al. Rayleigh-Schrödinger perturbation theory for electron-phonon interaction in two dimensional quantum dots with asymmetric parabolic potential. Eur. Phys. J. B 7, 651–656 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510050658
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510050658