Figure 9From: Anisotropic Confinement, Electronic Coupling and Strain Induced Effects Detected by Valence-Band Anisotropy in Self-Assembled Quantum Dots(a) Representation of the two-dimensional cuts shown in maps panels (b–g) performed on the finite element method simulations with periodic contour conditions at the substrate box edges. The color contours represent variations on the first axial principal strain, which allows a qualitative comparison with the GID data of Figure 8. Cuts on the bottom (b), middle (d) and top (f) of the average island of sample A show an elongated strain profile along the [ 0 1 ¯ 1 ] directions. Similar cuts for the average island of sample B are seen on (c), (e) and (g).Back to article page