Subband nonparabolicity estimated from multiple intersubband absorption in highly doped multiple quantum wells

R. Gupta, K. T. Lai, M. Missous, S. K. Haywood

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Abstract

We report strong room-temperature intersubband absorption in 80 Å strain-compensated In0.84Ga0.16As/AlAs/In0.52Al0.48As double-barrier quantum wells grown on InP substrates. From the multiple Γ-Γ intersubband transitions observed, it is inferred that the electron effective masses and nonparabolicity parameters for the first two subbands differ significantly from each other. For the range k∼5×106−6×106cm−1, the difference in subband parameters results in a change in transition energy of about twice the value calculated for the corresponding GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well.

Original languageEnglish
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume69
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Jan 2004

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