EXCITONS IN DIFFUSED QUANTUM-WELLS

被引:32
作者
HARRISON, P
HAGSTON, WE
STIRNER, T
机构
[1] Department of Applied Physics, University of Hull, Hull
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1993年 / 47卷 / 24期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.47.16404
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
The Schrodinger equation corresponding to the potential profile resulting from manganese diffusion in CdTe-Cd1-xMnxTe quantum wells has been solved using a numerical method. Calculation of the exciton binding energies has allowed predictions of the effect of diffusion on the resulting optical properties of such quantum-well structures. In addition to the magnetic-field-dependent potential profiles that accompany the diffusion process, it is shown that the ratio of the Zeeman splitting of the light- and heavy-hole excitonic transitions is strongly dependent on the extent of the manganese diffusion. Consequently, this ratio can be used as a measure of the diffusion coefficient.
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页码:16404 / 16409
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