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We present a systematic investigation of the strain distribution of self-assembled pyramidal In1−xGaxAs/GaAs and SixGe1−x/Si quantum dots for the case of growth on a (001) substrate. The dependence of the biaxial and hydrostatic components of the strain on the quantum dot volume, aspect ratio, composition, and percentage of alloying x is studied using a method based on a Green’s function technique. The dependence of the carriers’ confining potentials and the electronic effective mass on the same parameters is then calculated in the framework of eight-band k⋅p theory. The results for which comparable published data are available are in good agreement with the theoretical values for strain profiles, confining potentials, and electronic effective mass.

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Composition, volume, and aspect ratio dependence of the strain distribution, band lineups and electron effective masses in self-assembled pyramidal In1−xGaxAs/GaAs and SixGe1−x/Si quantum dots