Investigation of Hot-Carrier Relaxation in Quantum Well and Bulk GaAs at High Carrier Densities

  • W. S. Pelouch
  • , R. J. Ellingson
  • , P. E. Powers
  • , C. L. Tang
  • , D. M. Szmyd
  • , A. J. Nozik

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Abstract

An investigation of the hot carrier relaxation in GaAs/(AlGa)As quantum wells and bulk GaAs in the high carrier density limit is presented. Using a time-resolved luminescence up-conversion technique with <or=80 fs temporal resolution, carrier temperatures are measured in the 100 fs to 2 ns range. The results show that hot carrier cooling in quantum wells becomes significantly slower than in the bulk for carrier densities greater than 2*10 18 cm-3.

Original languageAmerican English
Article number086
Pages (from-to)B337-B339
JournalSemiconductor Science and Technology
Volume7
Issue number3 B
DOIs
StatePublished - 1992
Externally publishedYes

NLR Publication Number

  • ACNR/JA-16499

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