PHOTOLUMINESCENCE EXCITATION SPECTROSCOPY ON INTERMIXED GAAS/ALGAAS QUANTUM WIRES

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PRINS, FE [1 ]
LEHR, G [1 ]
BURKARD, M [1 ]
SCHWEIZER, H [1 ]
PILKUHN, MH [1 ]
SMITH, GW [1 ]
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[1] DRA MALVERN,MALVERN WR14 3PS,WORCS,ENGLAND
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10.1063/1.108680
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Quantum wires with widths down to 45 nm have been realized by implantation induced intermixing of a surface near GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well. A very steep lateral potential has been achieved together with extreme low damage in the wire regions. As a result the optical transitions in photoluminescence excitation spectroscopy could be observed for all wire widths. With decreasing wire width an increasing Stokes shift has been determined due to the increasing importance of fluctuations in wire dimensions. A weak wire width dependence of transitions near the former two-dimensional light-hole level was observed, which is attributed to the predicted reduced energy shift of states near this level.
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