ELECTRON-TUNNELING VIA GAMMA-STATES AND CHI-STATES IN GAAS/AL0.35GA0.65AS DOUBLE QUANTUM-WELL STRUCTURES

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NIDO, M [1 ]
ALEXANDER, MGW [1 ]
REIMANN, K [1 ]
PLOOG, K [1 ]
RUHLE, WW [1 ]
KOHLER, K [1 ]
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[1] FRAUNHOFER INST APPL SOLID STATE PHYS,W-7800 FREIBURG,GERMANY
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10.1016/0039-6028(90)90869-A
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Non-resonant electron tunneling through a 6 nm thick Alo.35Ga0.65As barrier is investigated by time-resolved photoluminescence. Application of hydrostatic pressure at 5 K reveals that tunneling via virtual X-states is at least 800 times less efficient than via virtual Γ-states. Above 24.5 kbar an extremely fast scattering of electrons out of the n=1 quantized level of the narrower quantum well into real X-states in the barriers is observed. © 1990.
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