Published September 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

Nonparabolic conduction subbands in nanoscale InGaAs/InAlAs quantum wells with photocurrent and transmission spectroscopy

  • 1. Kyushu Institute of Technology, Fukuoka (Japan)
  • 2. Hitachi Cable Ltd., Ibaragi (Japan)

Description

Optical interband transitions of modulation-doped In0.53Ga0.47As/In0.52Al0.48As multi-quantum wells were clearly observed in the photocurrent and the transmission spectra. The steps of the transitions coincided between the two spectra. The effective masses of the conduction subbands were estimated in fitting the transition energies to an effective mass equation. The masses agreed with the values determined on our previous work with undoped In0.53Ga0.47As/In0.52Al0.48As multi-quantum wells. The effective mass normal to the quantum well plane was more than 50 % heavier than the bulk band-edge mass of InGaAs

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of the Korean Physical Society
Journal Volume
39
Journal Issue
3
Series
10 refs, 5 figs
Journal Page Range
p. 469-472
ISSN
0374-4884