DEFINITIVE IDENTIFICATION OF D- CENTERS IN GAAS QUANTUM-WELLS BY TILT-INDUCED LINE SPLITTING IN A MAGNETIC-FIELD

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MUELLER, ER [1 ]
LARSEN, DM [1 ]
WALDMAN, J [1 ]
GOODHUE, WD [1 ]
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[1] MIT, LINCOLN LAB, LEXINGTON, MA 02173 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.2204
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O4 [物理学];
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D- centers have been unambiguously identified in GaAs/(Ga,Al)As quantum wells by analysis of the dependence of the observed photoconductivity spectrum on the applied magnetic field and sample orientation. Theoretical investigations show that in magnetic fields of interest the D- transitions do not involve photoionization of the centers as has been previously supposed but proceed from the ground state to discrete p - 1- or p + 1-like D- levels, which lie above the N = 0 and N = 1 Landau-level energies, respectively. Tilting the sample leads to a predicted anticrossing of discrete p0- and p + 1-like D- levels. Excellent agreement with experiment is obtained without any adjustable parameters.
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