Absorption of cnoidal electromagnetic waves by superlattice electrons in the process of impurity ionization

Absorption of cnoidal electromagnetic waves, which are the most general periodic solution to the sine-Gordon equation, by electrons of a one-dimensional quantum semiconductor superlattice in the process of impurity ionization is studied in terms of the semiclassical approximation. The dependence of the absorption coefficient on the electric field of an electromagnetic wave is found to be nonmonotone with a pronounced peak.     

Resonant tunneling in double superlattice barrier heterostructures

We have investigated resonant tunneling in double barrier heterostructures in which the tunnel barriers have been replaced by short period superlattices, and have shown for the first time quantum well confinement in a single quantum well bounded by superlattices. These results also demonstrate the first utilization of short period binary superlattices as effective tunnel barriers to replace the conventional Al_xGa_1−xAs barriers. The superlattice structure does not exhibit the asymmetry around zero bias in the electrical characteristics normally observed in the conventional Al_xGa_1−xAs barrier structures, suggestive of reduced roughness at the inverted interface by superlattice smoothing. The superlattice barrier also exhibits an anomalously low barrier height. The performance of this symmetric superlattice structure is compared with an intentionally constructed asymmetric double barrier superlattice structure, which exhibits pronounced asymmetry in the electrical characteristics. The observed behavior supports the view that resonant enhancement occurs in the quantum well.     

正切平方势单量子阱的本征值和本征函数

鉴于“方形”势阱描述量子阱中的电子运动行为过于简单、过于理想,引入了正切平方势来代替,使结果得到了改善。在量子力学框架内,利用正切平方势把电子的Schrdinger方程化为超几何方程,利用系统参数和超几何函数严格地求解了电子的本征值和本征函数,并以Ga_1-xAl_xAs-GaAs-Ga_1-xAl_xAs量子阱为例计算了电子的能级和能级之间的跃迁。结果表明,电子在量子阱中的能量是量子化的,而相邻能级之间的跃迁给出与实验进一步符合的结果。     

Ferromagnetism in heterostructures based on a dilute magnetic semiconductor

Ferromagnetism of magnetic impurity atoms located in the barrier regions of various heterostructures (solitary heterojunction, single quantum well, double quantum well, or superlattice) is considered theoretically. The indirect magnetic interaction of impurities occurs via charge carriers localized in quasi-two-dimensional conducting channels of these structures due to “penetration” of the wavefunction of charge carriers into the barrier regions. The wavefunctions defined analytically in the triangular potential model are virtually the same as in “exact” numerical calculations (joint solution of the Poisson and Schrödinger equations). The corresponding Curie temperatures are determined, which may attain approximately 500 K in Ga_{1 ? x} Mn _x As-based structures according to calculations.     

Influence of the Miniband Width on the Relaxation Time of Superlattice Electrons Scattered by Impurity Ions

Based on the Boltzmann equation, the influence of the miniband width on the relaxation time of nondegenerate electrons scattered by impurity ions in the GaAs/Al _x Ga_1–x As superlattice with doped quantum wells is numerically analyzed. The wave function being the eigenfunction of the ground state of the lower miniband of the superlattice is used to calculate the scattering probability. The dispersion of the longitudinal and transverse relaxation times versus the longitudinal wave vector is investigated.     

Vertical transport in GaAs/Ga1-xAlxAs superlattices observed by photoluminescence

Photoluminescence experiments on GaAs/Ga_1-xAl_xAs small period superlattices in which enlarged wells have been purposely introduced reveal a transfer of photoexcited carriers from the superlattice to the enlarged well localized levels. The transfer efficiency characterized by the relative intensities of luminescence peaks increases when the superlattice period decreases. Within a simple model, ionized impurity scattering and well size fluctuations account for this carrier transfer.     

引入n型InGaN/GaN超晶格层提高量子阱特性研究

利用金属有机物化学气相淀积技术在蓝宝石衬底上生长了InGaN/GaN量子阱结构. 研究了引入n型InGaN薄层或InGaN/GaN超晶格层的量子阱特性,结果表明通过引入n型InGaN薄层或InGaN/GaN超晶格层缓解了量子阱有源区中的应力,改善了多量子阱表面形貌,减少了V型缺陷密度,而且提高了多量子阱的光致发光强度,从而也改进了LED的发光效率. 关键词： InGaN/GaN多量子阱 原子力显微镜 X射线双晶衍射 光致发光     

超晶格量子阱作为光学双稳态器件的相平面特征及其稳定性

辐射强度与量子阱沟道的接受度有关,而接受度的大小则直接取决于量子阱宽度、深度以及电子束流的品质等因素.电子束可以用离子注入机或加速器提供,也可以用电压偏置的方法来获得.利用加速器理论中的相平面分析方法,分析了这种双稳态系统的相平面特征及其稳定性.引入正弦平方势,在经典力学框架内和电压偏置情况下,把粒子运动方程化为具有固定力矩的摆方程,用Jacobian椭圆函数和第一类椭圆积分解析地给出了无扰动系统的解和振动周期,并用数值方法分析了扰动情况下的相平面特征和系统的稳定性.为超晶格量子阱光学双稳态器件的设计提供了基本的理论分析.     

The effect of exchange interaction on the energy spectrum of electrons in doped intentionally disordered superlattices

The electron density distribution is calculated for a doped superlattice with controlled vertical disorder caused by fluctuations of the layer thicknesses (quantum well widths) in the growth direction. At low temperatures, the exchange interaction leads to an increase in the scatter of quantum confinement levels and the formation of a soft gap in the electron density distribution over quantum wells of the superlattice.     

Effects of extreme disorder on electronic properties in δ-doped semiconductor microstructures—a realistic computer simulation

Impurity induced disorder is a key feature of strongly doped semiconductor microstructures. We present a theoretical approach which allows the realistic and efficient calculation of localized quantum states in layered, delta-doped systems and the resulting properties of the quasi-2D multisubband electron/hole gas. The random Coulomb potential is directly computed from the impurity distribution without any simplifying assumptions. Electron-electron interaction is treated self-consistently on the Hartree level. The extreme cases of the doping superlattice (strong disorder) and the modulation doped quantum well (weak disorder) are studied as example device structures. Intersubband absorption spectra are then calculated for both types of systems and studied as a function of the electron filling factor. Striking differences are found between the linewidths of potential fluctuations and absorption spectra. These results are explained on the basis of system geometry, nonlinear screening and intersubband correlations. Finally, we discuss possible future applications and extensions of the method.     

Influence of material design parameters on radiative recombination in GaAs doping superlattices grown by MBE

The specific luminescence process in GaAs doping superlattices arises from recombination of electrons populating low-index conduction subbands with holes in the acceptor impurity band across the indirect gap in real space. The luminescence peak energy thus directly reflects the actual value of the tunable gap for the photoexcited state of the superlattice. We have studied the tunability of the effective gap, the recombination rate, and the relative quantum efficiency on superlattice specimen of different material design parameters by means of low-temperature photoluminescence measurements. For optimized design parameters the ratio between luminescence and excitation intensity remains nearly constant over the entire tunability range of the effective gap.     

Schrdinger方程的一般解与超晶格多量子阱的电子跃迁

假设超晶格量子阱是一个形状任意的周期势阱,电子在超晶格中的运动问题可视为周期场中的运动问题.在量子力学的框架内,从Schr dinger方程和它的一般解出发,利用Bloch理论和传输矩阵方法导出了系统的色散方程;在抛物线近似下,讨论了超晶格量子阱的电子跃迁.结果表明,辐射能量位于红外、远红外或太赫兹波段.     

单轴应力对量子阱红外探测器吸收波长的影响

以单轴应力作用下超晶格量子阱应变能带理论为基础,采用电子反射与干涉方法,研究了单轴应力对超晶格能带的影响,推导了单轴应力与超晶格导带子能级的定量关系。以GaAs-AlGaAs-GaAs为例,具体计算了导带中子能级对应力的依赖关系,进而给出了单轴应力对n型AlGaAs-GaAs量子阱红外探测器(QWIP)吸收波长的影响。计算结果表明,随着单轴压应力的增大,量子阱红外探测器的吸收波长表现出较明显的变化。当单轴压力增大到1.3GPa,量子阱红外探测器的吸收峰值移动了将近1.1μm,并且基本与应力呈线性关系。量子阱红外探测器吸收波长连续可调范围5.57～4.46μm。     

GaAs/AlGaAs超晶格的光致发光

在室温下测量了GaAs/A l0.3Ga0.7As超晶格的光致发光,发现在波长λ=761 nm处存在一较强的发光光峰,此发光峰目前尚未见报道。经理论分析表明,此峰是量子阱中的第一激发态电子与受主空穴复合发光。实验还观测到在λ=786 nm处,λ=798 nm处和λ=824 nm处分别存在一发光峰,分析表明λ=786 nm处的发光峰为量子阱阱中费米能级附近的电子与轻空穴复合发光;λ=798 nm处的发光峰为量子阱内的基态电子到轻空穴的复合发光;λ=824 nm处的发光峰为阱中激子复合复合发光。理论计算与实验结果符合的很好。     

The effect of post‐growth thermal annealing on the emission spectra of GaAs/AlGaAs quantum dots grown by droplet epitaxy

We fabricated GaAs/AlGaAs quantum dots by droplet epitaxy, and obtained the geometries of the dots by scanning transmission electron microscopy. Post‐growth thermal annealing is essential for the optical activation of quantum dots grown by droplet epitaxy. We measured the emission energy shifts of the dots and the underlying superlattice by post‐ growth thermal annealing, and specified the emission from dots by selectively etching the structure down to a low layer of quantum dots. We studied the influence of the degree of annealing on the optical properties of the dots from the peak shifts of the superlattice, since the superlattice has a uniform and well‐defined geometry. (© 2012 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Organic quantum well and superlattice characteristics in quasi-one-dimensional multiblock copolymers

A tight-binding calculation was presented to describe multiblock copolymers, such as [...-(PA)x-(PPP)y-...] composed of PA (polyacetylene) and PPP (poly(p-phenylene). It is found that a copolymer has a quantum well and superlattice characteristics, and evident is the effect of the composite lengths, the interfacial couplings and the electron-phonon interactions on the electronic properties of a copolymer. The quantum tunneling, the Franz-Keldysh effect and the quantum confinement can be generated under an applied electric field. These results were compared to those of traditional inorganic quantum well and superlattice systems.     

Effects of intersubband interaction on multisubband electron transport in single and double quantum wells

The multisubband electron transport properties are studied for doped single quantum well and gated double asymmetric quantum well structures. The effects due to intersubband interaction and screening of the ionized impurity scattering are also investigated. We show that intersubband coupling plays an essential role in describing the screening properties as well as the effect of ionized impurity scattering on the mobility in a doped single quantum well. For coupled double quantum well structures, negative transconductance is found theoretically which is due to resonant tunneling between the two quantum wells.     

Intersubband plasmons of a semiconductor superlattice

Collective intersubband plasmon-like excitations are predicted to exist for a semiconductor superlattice. These modes arise because the single quantum well depolarization shifted intersubband excitation couples via the long-range Coulomb interaction with the corresponding excitations of the other quantum wells of the superlattice. The dispersion relation for these intersubband plasmons is obtained.     

Microwave-assisted synthesis of Cu2ZnSnS4 nanocrystals as a novel anode material for lithium ion battery

One-dimensional ordered quantum-ring chains are fabricated on a quantum-dot superlattice template by molecular beam epitaxy. The quantum-dot superlattice template is prepared by stacking multiple quantum-dot layers and quantum-ring chains are formed by partially capping quantum dots. Partially capping InAs quantum dots with a thin layer of GaAs introduces a morphological change from quantum dots to quantum rings. The lateral ordering is introduced by engineering the strain field of a multi-layer InGaAs quantum-dot superlattice.     

正弦平方势与掺杂超晶格双稳态系统的全局分叉

掺杂超晶格是对同一材料交替掺入n-型和p-型杂质,形成n-i-p-i-n-i-p-i…一维阵列的周期结构。由于交替掺杂,衬底材料的导带受到周期调制形成一个个十分类似于正弦平方形式的量子阱。引入正弦平方势,在经典力学框架内,把粒子的运动方程化为具有阻尼项和受迫项的广义摆方程。用Jacobian椭圆函数和第一类全椭圆积分找到了无扰动系统的解和粒子振动周期,利用Melnikov方法分析了系统的全局分叉与Smale马蹄变换意义上的混沌行为,给出了系统通过级联分叉进入混沌的临界值。结果表明,对于异宿轨道,当参数满足条件 ＜πsech 时,系统出现了Smale马蹄变换意义上的混沌振荡。对于振荡型周期轨道,当参数满足条件 ＜πsech 时,产生了奇阶振荡型次谐分叉。注意到系统进入混沌的临界条件与它的参数有关,只需适当调节这些参数就可以避免或控制混沌,为光学双稳态器件的设计提供了理论分析。