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In wurtzite-based quantum wells and superlattices with the c axis parallel to the layer plane, this plane is parallel either to a symmetry plane of the wurtzite lattice (type I structures, the 〈11\( \bar 2 \)0〉 growth direction) or to a glide plane containing the c axis (type II structures, the 〈10\( \bar 1 \)0〉 growth direction). In both cases, the space symmetry of the structure depends on the parity of the number of monolayers within the slab(s). The point symmetry is C 2v except for the type II structures with odd monolayer number(s). The latter structures have the σ v point symmetry and can have a built-in electric field. Quite different selection rules, depending on the structure symmetry, govern electron optical transitions and exciton radiative recombination.
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The major part of the proceedings of the XIII Feofilov Symposium was published in Fizika Tverdogo Tela (Physics of the Solid State), 2008, Vol. 50, No. 9.
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Tronc, P., Vennéguès, P. Symmetry and optical properties of wurtzite nanostructures with the c axis in the layer plane. Phys. Solid State 50, 1803–1807 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063783408100028
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