Quasi-One-Dimensional Fröhlich Polaron Characteristics in ZnO Nanowires under the External Fields

A modified Lee, Low, and Pines intermediate coupling variational method is used to study the basic characteristics of the quasi-one-dimensional Fröhlich polaron in wurtzite cylindrical ZnO nanowires. The influence of external electric and magnetic fields is investigated and the spatial confinement of the optical phonon spectrum is considered. The results are compared with those obtained for the zinc-blende CdSe, GaAs, and wurtzite GaN cylindrical nanowires. An assessment of the contributions of different optical phonon modes indicates the predominant role of interface phonons in thin wires. It has been found that the influence of the magnetic field on the polaron self-energy and effective mass can be neglected as compared with the ones of the electric field. The results will be useful for further exploring the phonon-assisted electro-optical properties of wurtzite nanostructures.