MEASURED TRANSITION FROM 2-DIMENSIONAL TO 3-DIMENSIONAL ELECTROABSORPTION AS QUANTUM-WELL BARRIERS ARE LOWERED

被引:17
作者
GOOSSEN, KW
CUNNINGHAM, JE
WILLIAMS, MD
STORZ, FG
JAN, WY
机构
[1] AT and T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1992年 / 45卷 / 23期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.45.13773
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
Electric-field-dependent measurements of photocurrent spectra of GaAs-AlxGa1-xAs multiple quantum wells are made for 0.0013<x<0.0250. Strong room-temperature exciton enhancement and quantum-confined Stark effect are observed for x as low as 0.0082. Below that x value behavior is more bulklike. It is at this x value that theory predicts that the holes should become delocalized. This study indicates that a three-dimensional electron and a two-dimensional hole results in a two-dimensional exciton in this system.
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页码:13773 / 13776
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