FORMATION OF STABLE D CENTERS IN QUANTUM-WELLS

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作者
MANDRAY, A [1 ]
HUANT, S [1 ]
ETIENNE, B [1 ]
机构
[1] LAB MICROSTRUCT & MICROELECTR, CNRS, F-92225 BAGNEUX, FRANCE
来源
EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1992年 / 20卷 / 02期
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10.1209/0295-5075/20/2/015
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
A magneto-optical study is presented on selectively doped GaAs/(Ga, Al)As multi-quantum wells in which a built-in population of D- centres (neutral donors that bind a second electron) exists under equilibrium conditions. Different doping geometries are compared and magneto-optical experiments under optical pumping with visible light are described to elucidate the mechanism of the formation of D- centres in quantum wells. It is shown that it is possible to convert all neutral donors in the quantum wells to D- centres, a situation in sharp contrast to bulk semiconductor samples. These experiments aiming at D- doping of quantum wells reveal the importance of potential fluctuations in lightly doped quantum wells.
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