Far-infrared photoconductivity in self-organized InAs quantum dots

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Phillips, J [1 ]
Kamath, K [1 ]
Bhattacharya, P [1 ]
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[1] Univ Michigan, Dept Elect Engn & Comp Sci, Solid State Elect Lab, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
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10.1063/1.121252
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We report far-infrared photoconductivity in self-organized InAs/GaAs quantum dots grown by molecular beam epitaxy. Through use of a Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, a photoconductivity signal peaked at 17 mu m is observed from a n-i-n detector structure with doped InAs quantum dots in the intrinsic region. Comparison of photoluminescence and band-to-band photocurrent absorption spectra suggests the far-infrared response is due to intersubband transitions in the quantum dots. (C) 1998 American Institute of Physics.
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