Dynamics of Electrons at Intersubband Excitation in Asymmetric Tunnel-Coupled Quantum Well Structure

Abstract

We present investigations of the intersubband electron dynamics in asymmetric tunnel-coupled GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells. The study is performed by time resolved pump and probe experiments. Temporal evolution of the bleaching signals has biexponential behaviour. In addition to the time of the relaxation into the ground state with LO-phonon emission a second long decay time depending on transition energy and temperature is observed. We associate the second recovery time with transitions between confined F-state of quantum wells and states in the barriers including Xz-states which appear due to high content of Al. The influence of the transitions between subbands with energy separation less than optical phonon energy on the relaxation processes is also discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADP013180

Entities

People

  • A. Seilmeier
  • D. A. Firsov
  • E. A. Zibik
  • L. E. Vorobjev
  • S. R. Schmidt

Organizations

  • Peter the Great Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Absorption Spectra
  • Crystal Lattice Vibrations
  • Dye Lasers
  • Energy Levels
  • Frequency
  • Ground State
  • Infrared Phenomena
  • Infrared Pulses
  • Intermediate Infrared Radiation
  • Long Wavelengths
  • Phonons
  • Quantum Wells
  • Relaxation Time
  • Repetition Rate
  • Scattering
  • Spectroscopy

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Quantum Computing
  • Quantum Science - Quantum Dots