Intermixing in GaAsSb/GaAs single quantum wells

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作者
Khreis, OM [1 ]
Homewood, KP
Gillin, WP
Singer, KE
机构
[1] Yarmouk Univ, Hijjawi Fac Engn & Technol, Irbid, Jordan
[2] Univ Surrey, Sch elect Engn Informat Technol & Math, Guildford GU2 5XH, Surrey, England
[3] Univ London Queen Mary & Westfield Coll, Dept Phys, London E1 4NS, England
[4] Univ Manchester, Inst Sci & Technol, Dept Elect Engn & Elect, Manchester M60 1QD, Lancs, England
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美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1063/1.368583
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O59 [应用物理学];
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Photoluminescence coupled with repetitive thermal annealing has been used to study the interdiffusion process in a 10 nm GaAs1-xSbx/GaAs single quantum well. The diffusion equations and the Schrodinger equation were solved numerically to obtain the composition profile and the n=1 electron to heavy-hole transition energies in the intermixed quantum well, respectively. The intermixing process was shown to obey Fick's second law. (C) 1998 American Institute of Physics. [S0021-8979(98)02819-9].
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