Published February 1996 | Version v1
Journal article

Spectrum of radiation diffracted by laser-induced gratings in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells

  • 1. Microelectronics Center, Danish Technical University, D-2800 Lingbi (Denmark)
  • 2. Institute of Problems of Microelectronics Technology and Especially Pure Materials, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142432 Chernogolovka, Moscow Province (Russian Federation)

Description

A study has been made of the effect of microscopic roughness on the shape of the spectrum of radiation diffracted by laser-induced gratings in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells. The line profile was analyzed by using the composite complex permittivity profile that takes into account fluctuations in the resonance energy of the excited states. It is found from detailed comparison of the theory with the experimental results that the interface of the quantum well grown by molecular-beam epitaxy has 'islands' of height equal to 1 monolayer (2.83 A) with longitudinal dimensions much greater than the exciton diameter; they are covered by nano-size regions of roughness of diameter 80-90 A

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics
Journal Volume
82
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 356-360
ISSN
1063-7761
CODEN
JTPHES

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Notes
Translated from Zhurnal Ehksperimental'noj i Teoreticheskoj Fiziki, ISSN 0044-4510, 109, 665-673 (February 1996); (c) 1996 American Institute of Physics.