Magneto-Optical Studies of GaAs-AlGaAs Modulation Doped Quantum Wells Under Hydrostatic Pressure

1989 ◽  
Vol 160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weimin Zhou ◽  
Clive H. Perry ◽  
John M. Worlock

AbstractHigh pressure photoluminescence measurements on modulation doped GaAs-AlGaAs quantum well structures have been performed for the first time with applied magnetic fields up to 15 Tesla. We have observed Landau fans from interband transitions of the 2D free electron gas between 0 and 8.5 kbar. In this pressure range the electron effective mass in GaAs increased at the rate of 2.6% per kbar. Above 9 kbar, the free Landau transitions disappeared and bound magneto-exiton behaviour dominated the spectrum. The influence of pressure on the band-gaps causes a controlled trapping of the free electron from the GaAs well to Si donors (DX centers) in the AlGaAs layers. Above 9 kbar the pressure coefficient of the GaAs band gap was found to be 10.4 meV/kbar which is comparable to the accepted value in undoped GaAs quantum well structures.

2013 ◽  
Vol 773 ◽  
pp. 622-627
Author(s):  
Ying Ning Qiu ◽  
Wei Sheng Lu ◽  
Stephane Calvez

The quantum confinement Stark effect of three types of GaInNAs quantum wells, namely single square quantum well, stepped quantum wells and coupled quantum wells, is investigated using the band anti-crossing model. The comparison between experimental observation and modeling result validate the modeling process. The effects of the external electric field and localized N states on the quantized energy shifts of these three structures are compared and analyzed. The external electric field applied to the QW not only changes the potential profile but also modulates the localized N states, which causes band gap energy shifts and increase of electron effective mass.


1994 ◽  
Vol 354 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.K. Dong ◽  
N.Y. Li ◽  
C.W. Tu

AbstractWe report for the first time laser-modified chemical beam epitaxy (CBE) of InGaAs/GaAs multiple quantum well (MQW) structures using trimethylindium (TMIn), triethylgallium (TEGa), and tris-dimethylaminoarsenic (TDMAAs), a safer alternative to arsine. X-ray rocking curve (XRC) and low-temperature photoluminescence (PL) measurements were used to characterize the pseudomorphic strained quantum well structures. As determined by the X-ray simulation, laser irradiation during the InGaAs well growth was found to enhance the InGaAs growth rate and reduce the indium concentration in the substrate temperature range studied, 440-S00°C, where good interfaces can be achieved. We attribute these changes to laser-enhanced decomposition of TEGa and laser-enhanced desorption of TDMAAs. With laser irradiation, lateral variation of PL exciton peaks was observed, and the PL peaks became narrower.


1998 ◽  
Vol 108 (4) ◽  
pp. 205-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Haetty ◽  
E.H Lee ◽  
H Luo ◽  
A Petrou ◽  
J Warnock

2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (17n19) ◽  
pp. 683-687
Author(s):  
A. SILVA-CASTILLO ◽  
F. PEREZ-RODRIGUEZ

We have applied the 45° reflectometry for the first time to study exciton-polaritons in quantum wells. The 45° reflectometry is a new polarization-modulation technique, which is based on the measurement of the difference [Formula: see text] between the p-polarization reflectivity (Rp) and the squared s-polarization reflectivity [Formula: see text] at an angle of incidence of 45°. We show that [Formula: see text] spectra may provide qualitatively new information on the exciton-polariton modes in a quantum well. These optical spectra turn out to be very sensitive to the zeros of the dielectric function along the quantum-well growth direction and, therefore, allow to identify the resonances associated with the Z exciton-polariton mode. We demonstrate that 45° reflectometry could be a powerful tool for studying Z exciton-polariton modes in near-surface quantum wells, which are difficult to observe in simple spectra of reflectivity Rp


2020 ◽  
Vol 312 ◽  
pp. 45-53
Author(s):  
Nikolay G. Galkin ◽  
Konstantin Nickolaevich Galkin ◽  
Evgeniy Y. Subbotin ◽  
Evgeniy Anatoljevich Chusovotin ◽  
Dmitrii L. Goroshko

The studies are devoted to the development of the technology of multilayer incorporation of nanocrystals (NCs) of semiconductor chromium and iron disilicides with a layer density no less than 2x1010 cm-2, the establishment of the growth mechanism of heterostructures with two types of NCs, the determination of their crystalline quality and optical properties, as well as the creation and study of rectification and photoelectric properties of p-i-n diodes based on them. Morphologically smooth heterostructures with 6 embedded layers of CrSi2 nanocrystals and two types of embedded nanocrystals (with 4 layers of CrSi2 NCs and 2 layers of β-FeSi2 NCs) for optical studies and built-in silicon p-i-n diodes were grown for the first time. The possibility of optical identification of interband transitions in embedded nanocrystals in the photon energy range of 1.2 - 2.5 eV was determined from the reflection spectra and the strongest peaks in reflection from the integrated nanocrystals were determined: 2.0 eV for CrSi2 NCs and 1.75 eV for β-FeSi2 NCs. The created p-i-n diodes have a contact potential difference of 0.95 V, regardless of the type of embedded NCs. At 80 K, an absorption band (0.7 - 1.1 eV) was detected in the diodes, which was associated with carrier photo generation in the embedded CrSi2 and β-FeSi2 NCs. From the spectra of the photoresponse at 80 K, the band gap widths in the NCs were determined: 0.50 eV in CrSi2 and 0.70 eV in the superposition of the CrSi2 and β-FeSi2 NCs.


1993 ◽  
Vol 325 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. C. Liu ◽  
S. Q. Gu ◽  
E. E. Reuter ◽  
S. G. Bishop ◽  
A. C. Chen ◽  
...  

AbstractSpontaneously laterally ordered (GaP)2/(InP)2 short period superlattices (SPS) grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) on nominal (100) GaAs substrates have been studied by photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. The samples studied included SPS comprising 110 pairs of (GaP)2/(InP)2 (total thickness σ90 nm) and multiquantum well structures in which quantum wells comprising 12 pairs of (GaP)2/(InP)2 SPS layers (thickness σ10 nm) are alternated with lattice-matched GaInP random alloy barrier layers. The 5K PL spectra include a σ1760 meV nearband edge band, and a much broader, lower energy (σ1670 meV) luminescence band that exhibits an unusual fatiguing behavior; its intensity diminishes monotonically during continuous illumination by the exciting light. This fatigued PL state is metastable at low temperatures. In the quantum well structure, although the relative intensity of the lower energy band is significantly weaker in comparison to the higher one, the fatiguing behavior still exists. However the fatiguing rate is slower in quantum well structures than that observed in the thick SPS film.


1994 ◽  
Vol 08 (18) ◽  
pp. 1075-1096 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. E. MCMAHON ◽  
T. MILLER ◽  
T.-C. CHIANG

Noble-metal multilayer systems have been grown and examined with angle-resolved photoemission. Surface states, and single and double quantum wells have been studied experimentally; the results can be explained with a simple theoretical model based upon Bloch electrons. In this paper, we will present our model and then give a description of some experimental studies which utilize the model. In particular, we will consider double-quantum-well systems which can be used to examine basic aspects of electronic confinement, layer–layer coupling, and translayer interaction through a barrier.


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