Magneto-exciton in planar type II quantum dots

Abstract

We study an exciton in a type II quantum dot, where the electron is confined in the dot, but the hole is located in the barrier material. The exciton properties are studied as a function of a perpendicular magnetic field using a Hartree-fock mesh calculation. Our model system consists of a planar quantum disk. Angular momentum (l) transitions are predicted with increasing magnetic field. We also study the transition from a type I to a type II quantum dot which is induced by changing the confinement potential of the hole. For sufficiently large magnetic fields a re-entrant behaviour is found from $l_{h}=0$ to $l_{h}\neq 0$ and back to $l_{h}=0$, which results in a transition from type II to type I.