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The electron energy levels, direct energy band gaps, electron and hole effective masses as well as the transverse effective charge of InAs spherically shaped quantum dots have been studied as a function of the quantum dot radius considered as varying from 1 to 10 nm. The direct energy band-gap as well as the electron and heavy hole effective masses decrease non-linearly with increasing the quantum dot radius. Nevertheless, the transverse effective charge is found to increase with increasing the quantum dot radius. It is concluded that the quantum confinement has a strong influence on all the studied physical quantities for quantum dot radius below 6 nm. The results of the present contribution show that more opportunities can be offered to tailor desired optoelectronic properties surpassing those presented by bulk InAs materials.
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Bekhouche, H., Rahou, D., Gueddim, A. et al. Electron states, effective masses and transverse effective charge of InAs quantum dots. Opt Quant Electron 50, 309 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-018-1576-z
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