ELECTROOPTICAL MULTISTABILITY IN GAAS/ALAS SUPERLATTICES AT ROOM-TEMPERATURE

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SCHNEIDER, H [1 ]
FUJIWARA, K [1 ]
GRAHN, HT [1 ]
VONKLITZING, K [1 ]
PLOOG, K [1 ]
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[1] MAX PLANCK INST FESTKORPERFORSCH,W-7000 STUTTGART 80,GERMANY
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10.1063/1.102711
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We have studied the optical absorption properties of a GaAs/AlAs short-period superlattice at room temperature in an electric field perpendicular to the layers. Several pronounced optical transitions related to Wannier-Stark localization are observed indicating a coherence length of at least five superlattice periods. These transitions produce multiple regions of negative differential photoconductivity which are used to realize a multistable self-electro-optic effect device.
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