INFLUENCE OF THE SPIN-ORBIT SPLIT-OFF VALENCE BAND IN INXGA1-XAS/ALYGA1-YAS STRAINED-LAYER QUANTUM-WELLS

被引:11
作者
GIL, B
HOWARD, LK
DUNSTAN, DJ
BORING, P
LEFEBVRE, P
机构
[1] UNIV SURREY,STRAINED LAYER STRUCT RES GRP,GUILDFORD GU2 5XH,SURREY,ENGLAND
[2] UNIV SURREY,DEPT PHYS,GUILDFORD GU2 5XH,SURREY,ENGLAND
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1992年 / 45卷 / 07期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.45.3906
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T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Quantum-well ground and excited states are observed using wavelength-modulated reflectivity in InxGa1-xAs/AlyGa1-yAs single-quantum-well structures. To account for the dependence of their energies on indium and aluminum concentrations, we find that it is necessary to include the coupling between the light-hole GAMMA(8) valence band and the spin-orbit split-off GAMMA(7) valence band. The calculation is performed using a two-band envelope-function approximation, and good agreement with experiment is obtained.
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页码:3906 / 3909
页数:4
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