Optical investigation of highly strained InGaAs-GaAs multiple quantum wells

Journal of Applied Physics - Tập 62 Số 8 - Trang 3366-3373 - 1987
G. Ji1, Daming Huang1, U. K. Reddy1, T. Henderson1, R. Houdré1, H. Morkoç̌1
1University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Coordinated Science Laboratory, 1101 W. Springfield Ave., Urbana, Illinois 61801

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Low-temperature optical transmission spectra of several InxGa1−xAs/GaAs strained multiple quantum wells (MQWs) with different well widths and In mole fractions have been measured. The excitonic transitions up to 3C-3H are observed. The notation nc-mH(L) is used to indicate the transitions related to the nth conduction and mth valence heavy (light) hole subbands. Steplike structures corresponding to band-to-band transitions are also observed, which are identified as 1C-1L transitions. The calculated transition energies, taking into account both the strain and the quantum well effects, are in good agreement with the measured values. In these calculations the lattice mismatch between the GaAs buffer and the InGaAs/GaAs MQW is taken into account and the valence-band offset Qv is chosen as an adjustable parameter. By fitting the experimental results to our calculations, we conclude that the light holes are in GaAs barrier region (type II MQW) and the valence-band offset Qv is determined to be 0.30. A possible system in which the transition from type I to type II for light holes might be observed is also discussed.

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Journal of Applied Physics

Tập 62 Số 8

3366-3373

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