Linear and non-linear optical properties of GaAs nanowires

Abstract

The linear and non-linear optical properties of different geometrical structures of gallium arsenide (GaAs) nanowires have been studied by employing ab initio method. We have calculated the optical response of four different GaAs nanowires, viz., two-atom linear wire, two-atom zigzag wire, four-atom square wire and six-atom hexagonal wire. We have investigated imaginary part of the zz component of the linear dielectric tensor and second-order susceptibility for different structures along with bulk material. We revealed that the strongest absorption occurs for four-atom square nanowire configuration.