TIME-OF-FLIGHT SPECTROSCOPY OF ELECTRON-TRANSPORT IN SUPERLATTICES - FROM BAND TRANSPORT TO STARK LOCALIZATION

被引:9
作者
COHEN, G
BARJOSEPH, I
机构
[1] Department of Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1992年 / 46卷 / 15期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.46.9857
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T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Using a picosecond optical pump and probe technique we monitor the time it takes for carriers to leave a GaAs/AlxGa1-xAs superlattice at various electric fields. We find that when a Stark ladder is optically observed, carriers escape more slowly out of the superlattice than when the absorption spectrum of a miniband is seen.
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页码:9857 / 9860
页数:4
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