ANISOTROPIC VALENCE BANDS IN QUANTUM-WELLS - QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON OF THEORY AND EXPERIMENT

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作者
KASH, JA [1 ]
ZACHAU, M [1 ]
TISCHLER, MA [1 ]
EKENBERG, U [1 ]
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[1] ROYAL INST TECHNOL,DEPT THEORET PHYS,S-10044 STOCKHOLM 70,SWEDEN
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.2260
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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The valence subband dispersion of GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells is measured with meV accuracy using the recombination of hot electrons at neutral acceptors. This precision, in combination with polarization-dependent matrix elements, allows direct observation and measurement of the warping. The measurements, for in-plane wave vectors which extend over a substantial fraction of the Brillouin zone, are shown to be in very good agreement with k . p calculations.
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