INTERFERENCE EFFECTS ON PHOTOREFLECTANCE LINE-SHAPES OF EXCITONS IN GAAS/ALAS SUPERLATTICES

被引:8
作者
NAKAYAMA, M
TANAKA, I
DOGUCHI, T
NISHIMURA, H
机构
[1] Department of Applied Physics, Osaka City University, Osaka, 558, Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS & EXPRESS LETTERS | 1990年 / 29卷 / 10期
关键词
Alas; Exciton; Gaas; Interference; Molecular-beam epitaxy; Photoreflectance; Reflectance; Superlattice;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.29.L1760
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
We have investigated photoreflectance and reflectance line shapes of heavy-hole and light-hole excitons with quantum number n=1 at 77 K in (GaAs)m/(AlAs)msuperlattices (m=35 and 53 monolayers) grown by molecular-beam epitaxy. The photoreflectance and reflectance line shapes of the superlattice with m=53 are fully reversed to those of the superlattice with m=35. It is demonstrated that the difference of the photoreflectance line shapes is due to a Fabry-Perot-type interference effect causing the difference of the reflectance line shapes. © 1990 IOP Publishing Ltd.
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页码:L1760 / L1762
页数:3
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