Magnetopolaron in a weakly elliptical InAs/GaAs quantum dot

Abstract

We study theoretically the properties of a polaron formed in a shallow, weakly elliptical, disk-shaped InAs/GaAs quantum dot in the presence of a magnetic field by using the Davydov's canonical transformation. Special attention is paid to the energy-level splitting due to the Fr\"ohlich interaction of an electron in a quantum dot with optical phonons near resonance. The polaron relaxation rates, including the anharmonicity induced channel, are analyzed for various confinement energies and magnetic field magnitudes, taking into account coherent polaronic effects.