INTERFACE STATES AND THE TRANSPORT OF 2-DIMENSIONAL INTERFACE EXCITONS IN ALGAAS/GAAS STRUCTURES

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作者
GILLILAND, GD [1 ]
WOLFORD, DJ [1 ]
NORTHROP, GA [1 ]
PETROVIC, MS [1 ]
KUECH, TF [1 ]
BRADLEY, JA [1 ]
机构
[1] IBM CORP,DIV RES,TJ WATSON RES CTR,YORKTOWN HTS,NY 10598
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JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B | 1992年 / 10卷 / 04期
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10.1116/1.586166
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Using an unique combination of time and spatially resolved all optical photoluminescence measurement techniques, we have studied the properties of intrinsic excitons localized in quantum interface potentials in symmetric GaAs/Al0.3Ga0.7As double heterostructures. We find the transport of these interface excitons to be extremely sensitive to the time-dependent, spatially varying conduction, and valence band potentials near the heterointerface. The observed dynamics have been modeled, relying heavily on our previous kinetic results, which proved conclusively that H-band emission in our samples arises from the radiative recombination of quasi-two-dimensional excitons localized at the heterointerfaces, and find a simple electrostatic model to be in excellent quantitative agreement with experiment
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页码:1959 / 1964
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