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Quantum well to quantum wire crossover in AlAs/GaAs/AlAs heterostructures induced by interface roughness increase

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dc.creator Dargam T. G.
dc.creator Capaz R. B.
dc.creator Koiller Belita
dc.date 1999
dc.date.accessioned 2013-05-29T23:41:29Z
dc.date.available 2013-05-29T23:41:29Z
dc.date.issued 2013-05-30
dc.identifier http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-97331999000400048
dc.identifier http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&genre=article&issn=01039733&date=1999&volume=29&issue=4&spage=834
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/jspui/handle/123456789/2834
dc.description Adopting a real-space tight-binding supercell approach, we investigate interface roughness effects in semiconductor heterostructures. AlAs/GaAs/AlAs (001) QWs of average width W are considered, in which one of the interfaces is planar and the other has a shape defined by periodic steps with amplitude A and wavelength lambda. The oscillator strength f of the fundamental transition in the well describes the optical nature of the heterostructures. By investigating the wavefunctions as a function of the interface parameter A, we conclude that the f behavior with A is an optical signature of the quantum well to quantum wire crossover in the heterostructures. Recently, photoluminescence experiments showed that hydrostatic pressure produces an increase in the optical eficiency of heterostructures in which the interfaces present a high degree of roughness. In order to investigate this optical behavior, we discuss hydrostatic pressure effects on rough-interface heterostructures.
dc.publisher Sociedade Brasileira de Física
dc.source Brazilian Journal of Physics
dc.title Quantum well to quantum wire crossover in AlAs/GaAs/AlAs heterostructures induced by interface roughness increase


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