TIME-RESOLVED RAMAN-SCATTERING MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRON-OPTICAL PHONON INTERSUBBAND RELAXATION IN GAAS QUANTUM-WELLS

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作者
TATHAM, MC [1 ]
RYAN, JF [1 ]
FOXON, CT [1 ]
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[1] PHILIPS RES LABS,REDHILL RH1 5HA,SURREY,ENGLAND
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10.1016/0039-6028(90)90273-B
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We have measured the lifetime of electronic intersubband excitations by emission of longitudinal optical phonons in GaAsAlGaAs quantum wells using time-resolved anti-Stokes inelastic light scattering. We find the lifetime of electrons in the n=2 level of a 146 Å well to be ≤ 1 ps which is in excellent agreement with theoretical calculations of two-dimensional electron-phonon interactions. © 1990.
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