ENHANCEMENT OF FIELD-INDUCED OPTICAL-ABSORPTION BY POTENTIAL MODIFICATION OF COUPLED QUANTUM-WELL STRUCTURES

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CHAN, YC
TADA, K
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[1] University of Tokyo, Department of Electronic Engineering, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113
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10.1063/1.104713
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O59 [应用物理学];
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A novel structure, in which the potential profile of the coupled quantum well system is slightly inclined, is proposed for lowering the electric field required to transform the coupled system to a set of uncoupled single quantum wells. Numerical calculations of absorption spectra of graded coupled quantum wells under an electric field and room-temperature photocurrent spectra of fabricated p-i-n diode samples confirm the above enhanced effect.
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