In-well ambipolar diffusion in room-temperature InGaAsP multiple quantum wells

被引:7
作者
Marshall, D [1 ]
Miller, A
Button, CC
机构
[1] Univ St Andrews, Sch Phys & Astron, St Andrews KY16 9SS, Fife, Scotland
[2] Univ Sheffield, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Sheffield S1 3JD, S Yorkshire, England
关键词
diffusion processes; quantum wells; semiconductor materials measurement;
D O I
10.1109/3.863952
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Three-pulse transient amplitude grating experiments were performed using picosecond pulses at 1.525 mu m on room-temperature InGaAsP multiple quantum wells using a PPLN optical parametric oscillator. An ambipolar diffusion coefficient of 7.2 cm(2)/s was measured from the diffraction efficiency decay rates. We deduce the presence of alloy scattering or an increase in interface scattering when comparing these results with those of similar experiments on GaAs-AlGaAs multiple quantum wells.
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页码:1013 / 1015
页数:3
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