Asymmetric GaAs/AlGaAs T wires with large confinement energies

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Gislason, H
Langbein, W
Hvam, JM
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[1] Mikroelektronik Centret, Technical University of Denmark, Building 345E
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10.1063/1.118025
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We report on the design and growth of asymmetric T-shaped quantum wires with large one-dimensional confinement energies. Prior to growth, the optimal structure for a given (110) well width is determined by a calculation, The structures are made by molecular beam epitaxy cleaved edge overgrowth. We demonstrate a confinement of 53 meV in an experimental structure consisting of a narrow (110) oriented GaAs/Al0.3Ga0.7As quantum well overgrown on much wider(001) oriented Al0.14Ga0.86As/Al0.3Ga0.7As wells. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.
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