ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE OF A SHALLOW ACCEPTOR CONFINED IN A GAAS/ALXGA1-XAS QUANTUM-WELL

被引:27
作者
HOLTZ, PO [1 ]
ZHAO, QX [1 ]
MONEMAR, B [1 ]
SUNDARAM, M [1 ]
MERZ, JL [1 ]
GOSSARD, AC [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF SANTA BARBARA,QUEST,SANTA BARBARA,CA 93106
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1993年 / 47卷 / 23期
关键词
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevB.47.15675
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
The electronic structure of a shallow neutral acceptor and its bound exciton (BE) in GaAs/AlxGa1-xAs quantum wells has been investigated by optical spectroscopy. The heavy-hole and light-hole acceptor ground states are both observed in photoluminescence excitation (PLE) spectra. This interpretation is supported by magnetic-field and polarization-dependent PLE experiments. The effective g value for the acceptor BE emission varies strongly with the degree of confinement. Several BE states are theoretically predicted and observed in PLE spectra with the J = 5/2 state at lowest energy, as in bulk GaAs.
引用
收藏
页码:15675 / 15678
页数:4
相关论文
共 10 条
[1]  
Bimberg D., 1970, Journal of Luminescence, V3, P175, DOI 10.1016/0022-2313(71)90055-X
[2]   EFFECTIVE BOND-ORBITAL MODEL FOR SHALLOW ACCEPTORS IN GAAS-ALXGA1-X AS QUANTUM WELLS AND SUPERLATTICES [J].
EINEVOLL, GT ;
CHANG, YC .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1990, 41 (03) :1447-1460
[3]   INFRARED TRANSITIONS BETWEEN SHALLOW ACCEPTOR STATES IN GAAS-GA1-XALXAS QUANTUM-WELLS [J].
FRAIZZOLI, S ;
PASQUARELLO, A .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1991, 44 (03) :1118-1127
[4]   SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF CONFINEMENT ON SHALLOW ACCEPTOR STATES IN GAAS/ALXGA1-XAS QUANTUM WELLS [J].
HOLTZ, PO ;
SUNDARAM, M ;
DOUGHTY, K ;
MERZ, JL ;
GOSSARD, AC .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1989, 40 (18) :12338-12345
[5]   ACCEPTOR SPECTRA OF ALXGA1-XAS-GAAS QUANTUM WELLS IN EXTERNAL FIELDS - ELECTRIC, MAGNETIC, AND UNIAXIAL-STRESS [J].
MASSELINK, WT ;
CHANG, YC ;
MORKOC, H .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1985, 32 (08) :5190-5201
[6]   BINDING-ENERGIES OF ACCEPTORS IN GAAS-ALXGA1-XAS QUANTUM WELLS [J].
MASSELINK, WT ;
CHANG, YC ;
MORKOC, H .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1983, 28 (12) :7373-7376
[7]   BINDING-ENERGIES OF EXCITED SHALLOW ACCEPTOR STATES IN GAAS/GA1-XALXAS QUANTUM WELLS [J].
PASQUARELLO, A ;
ANDREANI, LC ;
BUCZKO, R .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1989, 40 (08) :5602-5618
[8]   LINEAR AND QUADRATIC ZEEMAN EFFECT OF EXCITONS BOUND TO NEUTRAL ACCEPTORS IN GASB [J].
RUHLE, W ;
BIMBERG, D .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1975, 12 (06) :2382-2390
[9]   ORIGIN OF BOUND EXCITON LINES IN INDIUM-PHOSPHIDE AND GALLIUM-ARSENIDE [J].
WHITE, AM ;
DEAN, PJ ;
DAY, B .
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS C-SOLID STATE PHYSICS, 1974, 7 (07) :1400-1411
[10]   OPTICAL-PROPERTIES OF EXCITONS UNDER AN AXIAL-POTENTIAL PERTURBATION [J].
ZHAO, QX ;
WESTGAARD, T .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1991, 44 (08) :3726-3735