DIMENSIONALITY EFFECTS ON THE INTERBAND MAGNETOELECTROABSORPTION OF SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES

被引:22
作者
FERREIRA, R
SOUCAIL, B
VOISIN, P
BASTARD, G
机构
[1] Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée, L'Ecole Normale Supérieure, F-75005 Paris
关键词
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevB.42.11404
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
We report calculations and measurements of the interband absorption of a semiconductor superlattice subjected to electric and magnetic fields applied parallel to the growth axis. These fields effectively change the dimensionality of the carrier motion from three dimensional (B=F=0) to zero dimensional (strong F and B) and considerably affect the optical absorption. Excitonic effects are observed and semiquantitatively interpreted. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
引用
收藏
页码:11404 / 11407
页数:4
相关论文
共 15 条
[1]   THEORY OF MAGNETOEXCITONS IN QUANTUM WELLS [J].
BAUER, GEW ;
ANDO, T .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1988, 37 (06) :3130-3133
[2]   ELECTRIC-FIELD INDUCED LOCALIZATION AND OSCILLATORY ELECTRO-OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES [J].
BLEUSE, J ;
BASTARD, G ;
VOISIN, P .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1988, 60 (03) :220-223
[3]   STARK LADDER EXCITONIC TRANSITIONS [J].
BRUM, JA ;
AGULLORUEDA, F .
SURFACE SCIENCE, 1990, 229 (1-3) :472-475
[4]   EXCITON BINDING-ENERGY IN SMALL-PERIOD GAAS/GA(1-X)ALXAS SUPERLATTICES [J].
CHOMETTE, A ;
LAMBERT, B ;
DEVEAUD, B ;
CLEROT, F ;
REGRENY, A ;
BASTARD, G .
EUROPHYSICS LETTERS, 1987, 4 (04) :461-466
[5]   SADDLE-POINT EXCITONS IN SOLIDS AND SUPERLATTICES [J].
CHU, H ;
CHANG, YC .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1987, 36 (05) :2946-2949
[6]   NOVEL ELECTROOPTICAL PROPERTIES OF A SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICE UNDER A MAGNETIC-FIELD [J].
CLARO, F ;
PACHECO, M ;
BARTICEVIC, Z .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1990, 64 (25) :3058-3061
[7]   MINIBAND DISPERSION AND EXCITONIC EFFECTS ON THE OPTICAL-SPECTRA OF GAAS/ALXGA1-XAS SUPERLATTICES [J].
DEVEAUD, B ;
CHOMETTE, A ;
CLEROT, F ;
REGRENY, A ;
MAAN, JC ;
ROMESTAIN, R ;
BASTARD, G ;
CHU, HY ;
CHANG, YC .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1989, 40 (08) :5802-5805
[8]  
DIGNAM MM, 1990, REV LETT, V64, P1797
[9]   HYDROGENIC ENERGY-LEVELS IN 2 DIMENSIONS AT ARBITRARY MAGNETIC-FIELDS [J].
MACDONALD, AH ;
RITCHIE, DS .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1986, 33 (12) :8336-8344
[10]   STARK LOCALIZATION IN GAAS-GAALAS SUPERLATTICES UNDER AN ELECTRIC-FIELD [J].
MENDEZ, EE ;
AGULLORUEDA, F ;
HONG, JM .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1988, 60 (23) :2426-2429