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The peculiarities of the quasi-one-dimensional exciton and biexciton are analyzed theoretically. The calculated binding energies and wave functions are used within a simple boson model to predict biexcitonic optical nonlinearities to be expected in GaAs/GaxAl1−x Quantum Well Wires. The results are compared to the corresponding ones in Quantum Wells and bulk semiconductor. An assessment of inhomogeneous line broadening due to a Gaussian distribution of quantum well wire radii is also presented.
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Banyai, L., Galbraith, I., Haug, H. (1989). Biexcitonic Nonlinearity in Quantum Wires. In: Haug, H., Bányai, L. (eds) Optical Switching in Low-Dimensional Systems. NATO ASI Series, vol 194. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7278-3_25
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