Acoustic polaron in free-standing quantum wells
                
                        
                        J. LI1,
                        
                        J. H. HOU1,*
                            
                        
                    
                    Affiliation
                    
                        
                        - College of Physics and Information Engineering, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen 041004, China
 
        
        Abstract
        The numerical results of the ground-state energy and the derivate of the acoustic polaron in free-standing quantum wells
are performed by using the Huybrechts-like variational approach. The criterion for the self-trapping transition of the acoustic
polaron in free-standing quantum wells is determined quantitatively. It is found that the critical coupling constant
corresponding the discontinuous transition from a quasi-free state to a trapped state of the acoustic polaron in free-standing
quantum wells tends to shift toward the weaker electron-phonon coupling with the increasing cutoff wave-vector. Detailed
numerical results confirm that the self-trapping transition of acoustic polaron is expected to realize in the free-standing
quantum wells of wide-band-gap semiconductors..
        Keywords
        Free-standing quantum well, Acoustic polaron, Self-trapping.
        Citation
        J. LI, J. H. HOU, Acoustic polaron in free-standing quantum wells, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 9, 3-4, March-April 2015, pp.447-450 (2015).
        Submitted at: Aug. 7, 2014
 
        Accepted at: March 19, 2015