1ST INVESTIGATION ON AN ULTRA-THIN INAS/INP SINGLE QUANTUM-WELL BY THERMALLY DETECTED OPTICAL-ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY

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VASSON, AM [1 ]
VASSON, A [1 ]
LEYMARIE, J [1 ]
DISSEIX, P [1 ]
BORING, P [1 ]
GIL, B [1 ]
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[1] UNIV MONTPELLIER 2,CNRS,URA 357,ETUD SEMICOND GRP,F-34095 MONTPELLIER 05,FRANCE
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10.1088/0268-1242/8/2/024
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A non-conventional technique of thermally detected optical adsorption (TD-OA) is used to study a strained InAs/InP quantum well with thickness between two and three monolayers. The spectrometer and TD cell are briefly described and the TD-OA spectra are presented. Three signals due to the InAs well are identified. The simple envelope-function approach is sufficient for the interpretation of these, which are attributed to transitions involving the heavy-hole levels. However, for the light-hole-related peak, a more sophisticated theory, taking into account the coupling between the light hole and spin-orbit split-off states, is necessary to fit the result.
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