Dynamics of free carriers – neutral impurity related optical transitions in Be and Si δ-doped GaAs/AlAs multiple quantum wells: Fractional-dimensional space approach

  • J. Kundrotas
  • A. Čerškus
  • G. Valušis
  • E.H. Linfield
  • E. Johannessen
  • A. Johannessen
Keywords: quantum well, photoluminescence, lifetime, capture cross-sections

Abstract

The dynamics of impurity-related optical transitions in 20 nm wide silicon and beryllium δ-doped GaAs/AlAs multiple quantum wells with various doping levels has been investigated at near liquid helium temperatures. The radiative lifetimes of the free electron-neutral acceptor and the free hole-neutral donor have been identified. The capture cross-sections of the free electrons by neutral Be acceptors were experimentally determined to σe-Be = 4 × 10–10 cm, whereas this corresponded to σh-Si = 2.2 × 10–8 cm for the free holes by neutral Si donors. The experimentally determined cross-section ratio of σh-Sie-Be = 55 is close to the estimated 2D value of σh-De-A = 64 and remains lower compared to the calculated value for the 3D case of σh-De-A = 121.
Published
2015-01-21
Section
Condensed Matter Physics and Technology