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The linear and nonlinear optical properties considering polaron and Coulomb impurity effect in a GaAs parabolic quantum dot are investigated theoretically. Calculations have been performed by using the compact density-matrix approach and the Lee-Low-Pines-Huybrecht variational technique for all electron–LO–phonon coupling strengths. The dependence of the optical absorption coefficients on the incident photon energy, the Coulomb potential and incident optical intensity is also studied.
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Chen, SH. Optical Absorptions of Impurity-Bound Polaron in a GaAs Quantum Dot with Parabolic Potential. J Low Temp Phys 177, 40–47 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-014-1186-5
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