Energy Transfer Processes in InAs/GaAs Quantum Dot Bilayer Structure

• Authors: M. Pieczarka , A. Maryński , P. Podemski , J. Misiewicz , P. Spencer , R. Murray , G. Sęk
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We investigate double layer InAs/GaAs quantum dots grown in the Stransky-Krastanov mode by molecular beam epitaxy. The sample consists of two layers of InAs quantum dots separated by 10 nm thick GaAs layer, where the top quantum dot layer of an improved homogeneity is covered by an InGaAs cap. This configuration has allowed for the extension of the dots' emission to longer wavelengths. We probed the carrier transfer between the states confined in a double quantum well composed of InGaAs cap and the quantum dots wetting layer to the states in the quantum dots by means of photoluminescence excitation and photoreflectance spectroscopies. Efficient emission from quantum dots excited at the double quantum well ground state energy was observed. There is also presented a discussion on the carrier injection efficiency from the capping layer to the quantum dots.

Keywords

EN

78.67.Hc; 71.35.-y; 78.55.-m

Discipline

• 78.67.Hc: Quantum dots
• 78.55.-m: Photoluminescence, properties and materials(for time resolved luminescence, see 78.47.jd)
• 71.35.-y: Excitons and related phenomena

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 129
• Issue: 1a
• Pages: A-59-A-61

Dates

published

2016-01

Contributors

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M. Pieczarka

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

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A. Maryński

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

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P. Podemski

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

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J. Misiewicz

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

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P. Spencer

• Blackett Laboratory, Physics Department, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom

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R. Murray

• Blackett Laboratory, Physics Department, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom

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G. Sęk

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

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.129.A-59