Peculiarities in optical response of hybrid-barrier GaSb/InAs/AlSb resonant tunneling diode structure

• Autorzy: Dyksik M. , Motyka M. , Rygała M. , Pfenning A. , Hartmann F. , Weih R. , Worschech L. , Höfling S. , Sęk G.

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DOI

10.37190/oa210202

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

We present comprehensive investigation of the optical properties of hybrid-barrier GaSb-based resonant tunneling structures, containing a bulk-like GaInAsSb absorption layer and two asymmetric type II GaSb/InAs/AlSb quantum wells. Methods of optical spectroscopy by means of Fourier-transformed photoluminescence and photoreflectance are employed to probe optical transitions in this complex multilayer system. Based on the comparison between the absorption-like and emission-like spectra (also in function of temperature) confronted with band structure calculations four main transitions could be resolved and identified. For one of them, there has been observed unusually strong linear polarization dependence never reported in structures of that kind. It has been interpreted as related to a transition at the GaSb/GaInAsSb interface, for which various scenarios causing the polarization selectivity are discussed.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

resonant tunneling diode; quantum well; optical spectroscopy; photoluminescence; photoreflectance

• Wydawca: Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Wrocławskiej
• Czasopismo: Optica Applicata
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: Vol. 51, nr 2
• Strony: 171--180
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 28 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Dyksik M.

• Laboratory for Optical Spectroscopy of Nanostructures, Department of Experimental Physics, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, Wrocław 50-370, Poland
• Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses, LNCMI-EMFL, CNRS UPR3228, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Toulouse, Univ.Toulouse 3, INSA-T, Grenoble and Toulouse, France

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Motyka M.

• Laboratory for Optical Spectroscopy of Nanostructures, Department of Experimental Physics, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, Wrocław 50-370, Poland

autor

Rygała M.

• Laboratory for Optical Spectroscopy of Nanostructures, Department of Experimental Physics, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, Wrocław 50-370, Poland

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Pfenning A.

• Technische Physik and Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Research Center for Complex Material Systems, Physikalisches Institut, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074, Würzburg, Germany

autor

Hartmann F.

• Technische Physik and Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Research Center for Complex Material Systems, Physikalisches Institut, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074, Würzburg, Germany

autor

Weih R.

• Technische Physik and Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Research Center for Complex Material Systems, Physikalisches Institut, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074, Würzburg, Germany

autor

Worschech L.

• Technische Physik and Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Research Center for Complex Material Systems, Physikalisches Institut, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074, Würzburg, Germany

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Höfling S.

• Technische Physik and Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Research Center for Complex Material Systems, Physikalisches Institut, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074, Würzburg, Germany
• SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, KY16 9SS, United Kingdom

autor

Sęk G.

• Laboratory for Optical Spectroscopy of Nanostructures, Department of Experimental Physics, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, Wrocław 50-370, Poland

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