BARRIER-DISORDER INDUCED EXCITON RELAXATION VIA LO-PHONONS IN GAAS/ALXGA1-XAS MULTIPLE QUANTUM-WELLS

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作者
LEDENTSOV, NN
NOTZEL, R
KOPEV, PS
PLOOG, K
机构
[1] AF IOFFE PHYSICOTECH INST,ST PETERSBURG,USSR
[2] PAUL DRUDE INST FESTKORPERELEKTR,O-1086 BERLIN,GERMANY
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APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING | 1992年 / 55卷 / 06期
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10.1007/BF00331669
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
Hot exciton relaxation is observed in GaAs/AlxGa1-xAs multiple quantum wells. The photolumnescence excitation spectra of the localized exciton emission at low temperatures and excitation densities are composed of narrow equidistant peaks exactly separated by the GaAs LO-phonon energy (36 meV). The relaxation mechanism via LO-phonons is found to be important for localized excitons in multiple quantum wells with GaAs layer thicknesses of about 50 angstrom, where pronounced alloy fluctuations in the barriers provide a strong additional lateral potential which suppresses the dissociation of hot excitons.
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