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The authors used Landau-Pekar variational method to investigate a strong-coupling singlet optical bipolaron in different configuration of quantum confinement. Numerical and analytical results showed that when configuration changes from quantum dot and wire to well, confinement shows different effect on the formation of a bipolaron. In contrast to a bipolaron in a quantum dot or wire, the binding energy of a bipolaron in a quantum well increases with increasing confinement, indicating that confinement favors bipolaron formation in a quantum well.
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Ruan, Yh., Chen, Qh. & Jiao, Zk. Bipolaron in different configuration of quantum confinement. J. Zhejiang Univ. Sci. A 5, 873–877 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1631/jzus.2004.0873
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