Neutral and Charged Excitons Localized in the InAs/GaAs Wetting Layer

• Authors: A. Babiński , M. Czyż , A. Golnik , J. Borysiuk , S. Kret , S. Raymond , J. Lapointe , Z. Wasilewski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

It has recently been shown that potential fluctuations in a wetting layer, which accompanies InAs/GaAs quantum dots can localize excitons. Neutral excitons and biexcitons and charged excitons were identified. In this communication we report on studies of properties of the excitons over wide temperature range (T < 70 K). The micro-photoluminescence measurements enable investigation of excitons localized in a single potential fluctuation. Temperature-induced broadening of the neutral exciton as well as a quenching of the charged exciton at temperatures higher than 50 K are observed and discussed.

Keywords

EN

73.21.La; 78.55.Cr; 78.67.Hc

Discipline

• 78.55.Cr: III-V semiconductors
• 78.67.Hc: Quantum dots
• 73.21.La: Quantum dots

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 114
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 1055-1060

Dates

published

2008-11

received

2008-06-07

Contributors

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A. Babiński

• Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Warsaw, Hoża 69, 00-681 Warszawa, Poland

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M. Czyż

• Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Warsaw, Hoża 69, 00-681 Warszawa, Poland

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A. Golnik

• Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Warsaw, Hoża 69, 00-681 Warszawa, Poland

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J. Borysiuk

• Institute of Electronic Materials Technology, Wólczyńska 133, 01-919 Warszawa, Poland

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S. Kret

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warszawa, Poland

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S. Raymond

• Institute for Microstructural Sciences, NRC, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R6, Canada

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J. Lapointe

• Institute for Microstructural Sciences, NRC, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R6, Canada

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Z. Wasilewski

• Institute for Microstructural Sciences, NRC, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R6, Canada

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.114.1055