Nonconventional GaAs/Al1-xGaxAs quantum-well structures, with one or two monolayers of AlAs inserted between the GaAs layers and the Al1-xGaxAs barriers (double-barrier quantum wells), have been investigated to observe the quasi-three-dimensional behavior of the excitons in thin quantum wells. These samples provide higher confinement energies than single quantum wells of the same thickness, in such a way that relatively thick wells produce shallow carrier subbands. An increase of the photoluminescence lifetime of excitons has been found when narrowing the well thickness. The analysis of intensity and shape of the photoluminescence spectra made us confident in interpreting this increase as an effect of the exciton delocalization, and a qualitative agreement with a simple model for the exciton radiative lifetime is obtained.
Exciton delocalization in thin double-barrier GaAs/AlAs/(Al, Ga)As quantum well structures / J. Martinez-Pastor; M. Gurioli; M. Colocci; C. Deparis; B. Chastaing ; J. Massies. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER. - ISSN 0163-1829. - STAMPA. - 46:(1992), pp. 2239-2243. [10.1103/PhysRevB.46.2239]
Exciton delocalization in thin double-barrier GaAs/AlAs/(Al, Ga)As quantum well structures
GURIOLI, MASSIMO;COLOCCI, MARCELLO;
1992
Abstract
Nonconventional GaAs/Al1-xGaxAs quantum-well structures, with one or two monolayers of AlAs inserted between the GaAs layers and the Al1-xGaxAs barriers (double-barrier quantum wells), have been investigated to observe the quasi-three-dimensional behavior of the excitons in thin quantum wells. These samples provide higher confinement energies than single quantum wells of the same thickness, in such a way that relatively thick wells produce shallow carrier subbands. An increase of the photoluminescence lifetime of excitons has been found when narrowing the well thickness. The analysis of intensity and shape of the photoluminescence spectra made us confident in interpreting this increase as an effect of the exciton delocalization, and a qualitative agreement with a simple model for the exciton radiative lifetime is obtained.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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