EXCITON TRANSPORT AND LOCALIZATION IN TYPE-II GAAS/ALAS SUPERLATTICES

被引:5
作者
GILLILAND, GD
WOLFORD, DJ
BRADLEY, JA
KLEM, J
JAROS, M
机构
[1] IBM CORP,DIV RES,T J WATSON RES CTR,YORKTOWN HTS,NY 10598
[2] SANDIA NATL LABS,ALBUQUERQUE,NM 87185
[3] UNIV NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE,DEPT PHYS,NEWCASTLE TYNE NE1 7RU,TYNE & WEAR,ENGLAND
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JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B | 1993年 / 11卷 / 04期
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10.1116/1.586496
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We have measured directly the transport of excitons in a type-II short-period GaAs/AlAs superlattice. We find the transport is laser-power dependent, and, at low powers or long times, is diffusive. At low powers, we find diffusion constants which increase monotonically from 2 X 10(-3) cm2/s at 1.8 K to approximately 7.0 cm2/s at 30 K. Our results confirm the existence of exciton localization and thermally activated hopping. Implications of these results are discussed.
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页码:1647 / 1651
页数:5
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