MEASUREMENT OF THE ANISOTROPY OF THE HOLE DISPERSION-CURVES IN AN ALAS/GAAS/ALAS QUANTUM-WELL GROWN ON A (311)A ORIENTATED SUBSTRATE

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HAYDEN, RK
HENINI, M
EAVES, L
MAUDE, DK
PORTAL, JC
CURY, LA
HILL, G
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[1] CNRS, SERV NATL CHAMPS INTENSES, F-38042 GRENOBLE, FRANCE
[2] INST NATL SCI APPL, PHYS SOLIDES LAB, F-31077 TOULOUSE, FRANCE
[3] UNIV SHEFFIELD, DEPT ELECTR & ELECT ENGN, SHEFFIELD S1 3JD, S YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND
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10.1088/0268-1242/7/8/009
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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
Continuous magnetic fields applied parallel to layer interfaces are used to examine the in-plane energy dispersion and anisotropy of the quantum well states of double barrier AlAs/GaAs resonant tunnelling diodes. The devices are grown on substrates with different orientations using molecular beam epitaxy. Measurements on a device grown on a (311)A substrate reveal the pronounced biaxial symmetry of the confined hole states in a quantum well of this orientation, including a marked saddle-shaped structure for one of the subbands. The spectra are compared with those of similar devices grown on a (100) surface.
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