Optical studies of GaAs quantum wells strained to GaP

Quantum wells of GaAs lattice matched to GaP have been studied by photoluminescence and electroreflectance. The quantum well thickness was varied between 1 and 6 monolayers in steps of 1 monolayer. Electron-hole transitions have been observed involving states both in the X band and in the Γ band, wh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Prieto, Jose Antonio, Armelles Reig, Gaspar, Pistol, M. E., Castrillo, Pedro, Silveira, Juan Pedro, Briones Fernández-Pola, Fernando
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1997
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/27323
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/27323
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Gallium arsenide
Gallium compounds
III-V semiconductors
Semiconductor quantum wells
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Sumario:Quantum wells of GaAs lattice matched to GaP have been studied by photoluminescence and electroreflectance. The quantum well thickness was varied between 1 and 6 monolayers in steps of 1 monolayer. Electron-hole transitions have been observed involving states both in the X band and in the Γ band, which have been modeled using a k.p. model in conjunction with the envelope function approximation. Overall agreement between theory and experiment is found using an unstrained valence band offset of 0.6 eV.