SATURATION OF PHOTOLUMINESCENCE QUENCHING UNDER BELOW-GAP EXCITATION IN A GAAS/ALGAAS QUANTUM-WELL

被引:33
作者
KANOH, E [1 ]
HOSHINO, K [1 ]
KAMATA, N [1 ]
YAMADA, K [1 ]
NISHIOKA, M [1 ]
ARAKAWA, Y [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV TOKYO,INST IND SCI,MINATO KU,TOKYO 106,JAPAN
关键词
D O I
10.1016/0022-2313(94)00084-P
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We have studied the photoluminescence (PL) of a lightly Se-doped GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well under both above-gap and below-gap excitation (AGE and BGE, respectively) and observed a saturation of the PL quenching with increasing the BGE power for the first time. The PL quenching saturation was attributed to the trap-filling effect of electrons in one of below-gap states. An additional condition of the trap-filling regime in the rate-equation analysis enabled us to determine recombination parameters of two interacting below-gap states quantitatively. A numerically obtained result explained the measured dependence of the PL quenching on the BGE power fairly well.
引用
收藏
页码:235 / 240
页数:6
相关论文
共 17 条
[1]   CONCENTRATION-DEPENDENT ABSORPTION AND SPONTANEOUS EMISSION OF HEAVILY DOPED GAAS [J].
CASEY, HC ;
STERN, F .
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 1976, 47 (02) :631-643
[2]   ELECTRON MOBILITIES IN MODULATION-DOPED SEMICONDUCTOR HETEROJUNCTION SUPER-LATTICES [J].
DINGLE, R ;
STORMER, HL ;
GOSSARD, AC ;
WIEGMANN, W .
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1978, 33 (07) :665-667
[3]   RADIATIVE LIFETIME IN GAAS1-X PX P-N-JUNCTIONS [J].
EDMONDS, HD ;
SMITH, AW .
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1973, 23 (07) :382-384
[4]   RECOMBINATION DYNAMICS IN GAAS/ALXGA1-XAS QUANTUM-WELL STRUCTURES [J].
FOUQUET, JE ;
BURNHAM, RD .
IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, 1986, 22 (09) :1799-1810
[5]   SOME OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF CU IN GAP [J].
GRIMMEISS, HG ;
MONEMAR, B .
PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE, 1973, 19 (02) :505-511
[6]   QUANTUM EFFICIENCY AND RADIATIVE LIFETIME OF BAND-TO-BAND RECOMBINATION IN HEAVILY DOPED N-TYPE GAAS [J].
HWANG, CJ .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1972, 6 (04) :1355-&
[7]   EFFECT OF SELECTIVE DOPING ON THE EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS OF A HEAVILY SI-DOPED GAAS/ALGAAS QUANTUM-WELL [J].
KAMATA, N ;
TSUCHIYA, H ;
KOBAYASHI, K ;
SUZUKI, T .
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS & EXPRESS LETTERS, 1987, 26 (07) :L1082-L1084
[8]  
KAMATA N, 1993, MATER SCI FORUM, V117, P345, DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.117-118.345
[9]  
KAMATA N, 1986, I PHYS C SER, V79, P691
[10]   BAND AND DEEP EMISSION AND THEIR RECOMBINATION PROCESSES IN A HEAVILY SI DOPED GAAS/ALGAAS QUANTUM WELL [J].
KATAHAMA, H ;
TSUCHIYA, H ;
SHAKUDA, Y ;
KAMATA, N ;
KOBAYASHI, K ;
SUZUKI, T .
SUPERLATTICES AND MICROSTRUCTURES, 1989, 5 (04) :523-526