HOT-PHONON REABSORPTION BY FREE-CARRIERS IN QUANTUM-WELLS

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作者
BROCKMANN, P
YOUNG, JF
HAWRYLAK, P
VANDRIEL, HM
机构
[1] ONTARIO LASER & LIGHTWAVE RES CTR, TORONTO M5S 1A7, ON, CANADA
[2] UNIV BRITISH COLUMBIA, DEPT PHYS, VANCOUVER V6T 1Z1, BC, CANADA
[3] NATL RES COUNCIL CANADA, INST MICROSTRUCT SCI, OTTAWA K1A 0R6, ONTARIO, CANADA
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D O I
10.1088/0268-1242/9/5S/094
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The influence of a quasi-equilibrium electron-hole plasma on the population lifetime of non-equilibrium longitudinal optic (LO) phonons is studied in GaAs quantum wells using a multiple-beam Raman scattering technique to separately control the phonon generation and free-carrier injection processes. The lifetime of non-equilibrium, small-wavevector LO phonons is found to decrease from 4.5 ps to 1.9 ps as the density of the cold plasma is increased to approximately 3 x 10(11) cm-2 by adjusting the intensity of an infrared laser tuned close to the lowest subband gap of the quantum wells.
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页码:746 / 748
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