ISSN:
1077-3118
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
We report a study of electrophotoluminescence in a biased shallow GaAs/AlxGa1−xAs (x=0.04) quantum well. It is shown that photocarriers escape from the well via direct tunneling, resulting in a drastic quenching of the photoluminescence at remarkably low fields (F〈10 kV/cm). We develop a simple method to measure the field-induced escape time from a set of cw photoluminescence, photocurrent, and time-resolved photoluminescence experiments. Comparison with a semiclassical model shows that, in this regime, Coulomb interaction affects significantly the single electron direct tunneling scheme. © 1998 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.121018