Stark Effect for Donors in Double Quantum Wells

The problem of a hydrogenic donor in a semiconductor double quantum well under a homogeneous electric field is studied by variational means. The energy levels corresponding to the quantum states 1s, 2s, 2p have been calculated with the help of the many-element variational basis consisting of the exponential functions. The influence of the electric field on the donor binding energy is determined for different impurity positions. The 1s-2p transition energies have been calculated for a possible comparison with experiment.