NARROW PHOTOLUMINESCENCE LINEWIDTH OF QUANTUM-WELLS GROWN BY GAS SOURCE MOLECULAR-BEAM EPITAXY

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作者
SHIRALAGI, KT
PUECHNER, RA
CHOI, KY
DROOPAD, R
MARACAS, GN
机构
[1] Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Center for Solid State Electronics Research, Arizona State University, Tempe
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/0022-0248(91)90050-F
中图分类号
O7 [晶体学];
学科分类号
0702 ; 070205 ; 0703 ; 080501 ;
摘要
GaAs/AlGaAs single quantum wells have been grown by gas source molecular beam epitaxy (GSMBE). Photoluminescence (PL) linewidth of the electron to heavy hole excitonic transition is optimized as a function of substrate growth temperature. Transitions corresponding to monolayer changes in well width and impurity bound excitons are examined by deliberately growing quantum wells with additional monolayer-off wells, and by modulation doping the barriers. Growth interruption at the inverted interface was found to enhance impurity bound transitions. The narrowest 2 K photoluminescence linewidths are reported for wells in the range of 50-100 angstrom grown by GSMBE. The differences in the growth kinetics due to the presence of As2 and H-2 leading to improved PL linewidth are reported.
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