DETERMINATION OF THE BAND-OFFSET OF CDTE/CD1-XMNXTE MULTIPLE-QUANTUM WELLS WITH VERY-LOW X-VALUES

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CHEN, P [1 ]
NICHOLLS, JE [1 ]
HOGG, JHC [1 ]
STIRNER, T [1 ]
HAGSTON, WE [1 ]
LUNN, B [1 ]
ASHENFORD, DE [1 ]
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[1] UNIV HULL,DEPT ENGN DESIGN & MANUFACTURE,KINGSTON HULL HU6 7RX,N HUMBERSIDE,ENGLAND
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1995年 / 52卷 / 07期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.52.4732
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
We present a magneto-optical study of CdTe/Cd1-xMnxTe multiple quantum wells with the Mn ion concentration chosen to be less than 3% so that the magnetic properties of the barrier layers were not affected by an enhanced paramagnetism at the interface. Different spectroscopic data, including the energy difference between the heavy-hole and light-hole confined excitons and the exchange splittings of these two states with magnetic field, have been used to determine the partition ratio of the valence-band offset. All of the data are consistent with a partition ratio in the range 0.30 - 0.40.
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页码:4732 / 4735
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