Photoluminescence study of lateral confinement energy in T-shaped InxGa1-xAs quantum wires

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作者
Akiyama, H
Someya, T
Yoshita, M
Sasaki, T
Sakaki, H
机构
[1] Univ Tokyo, Inst Solid State Phys, Minato Ku, Tokyo 106, Japan
[2] Japan Sci & Technol Corp, Quantum Transit Project, Minato Ku, Tokyo 106, Japan
[3] Univ Tokyo, Inst Ind Sci, Minato Ku, Tokyo 106, Japan
[4] Univ Tokyo, Adv Sci & Technol Res Ctr, Minato Ku, Tokyo 106, Japan
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1998年 / 57卷 / 07期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.57.3765
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摘要
A study of high-quality InxGa1-xAs T-shaped quantum wires (T-QWR's) via photoluminescence spectroscopy to characterize the lateral confinement effect is reported. The effective lateral confinement energy of excitons in 3.5-nm-scale In0.17Ga0.83As/Al0.3Ga0.7As T-QWR's is found to be as large as 34 meV. The value has been examined in comparison with the previous results on GaAs/Al0.3Ga0.7As and GaAs/AlAs T-QWR's. [S0163-1829(98)00304-X].
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页码:3765 / 3768
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