English
Related papers

Related papers: Field-Effect Persistent Photoconductivity

200 papers

Electric field gradient effects induced by an asymmetrically in-plane shaped GaAs/AlGaAs modulation-doped structures of various design are investigated within 4-300 K temperature range. It is demonstrated that current-voltage…

The effect of a constant electric field on two-photon absorption in a direct band gap semiconductor is calculated using an independent-particle theory. Two band structure models for GaAs are used: a two-band parabolic model and an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 J. K. Wahlstrand , S. T. Cundiff , J. E. Sipe

The effect of strong magnetic fields parallel to GaAs/AlGaAs interface on the subband structure of a 2D electron layer is ivestigated theoretically. The system with two levels occupied in zero magnetic field is considered and the magnetic…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 T. Jungwirth , L. Smrcka

In this work we study the microwave photoconductivity of a two-dimensional electron system (2DES) in the presence of a magnetic field and a two-dimensional modulation (2D). The model includes the microwave and Landau contributions in a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Manuel Torres , Alejandro Kunold

Bilayer two-dimensional electron systems formed by a thin barrier in the GaAs buffer of a standard heterostructure were investigated by magnetotransport measurements. In magnetic fields oriented parallel to the electron layers, the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 O. N. Makarovskii , L. Smrcka , P. Vasek , T. Jungwirth , M. Cukr , L. Jansen

The influence of growth interruption on the luminescence properties of the Ga(As,Sb)/GaAs interface have been studied by continous wave and time resolved photoluminescence spectrosocopy in type II Ga(As,Sb)/GaAs/(Ga,In)As double quantum…

The ability to tune the Fermi level of semiconductors is at the heart of modern electronics. Here, we demonstrate that persistent photoconductivity (PPC) enables tuning of carrier density, conductivity type, and, consequently, the valley…

We report on transport characteristics of field effect two-dimensional electron gases (2DEG) in surface indium antimonide quantum wells. The topmost 5 nm of the 30 nm wide quantum well is doped and shown to promote the formation of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-01-10 E. Annelise Bergeron , F. Sfigakis , Y. Shi , George Nichols , P. C. Klipstein , A. Elbaroudy , Sean M. Walker , Z. R. Wasilewski , J. Baugh

The dependences of the transport scattering time {\tau}t, quantum lifetime {\tau}q, and their ratio {\tau}t/{\tau}q on the density ne of the electron gas in modulation-doped single GaAs quantum wells with AlAs/GaAs short-period…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-01-05 A. A. Bykov , I. S. Strygin , A. V. Goran , D. V. Nomokonov , A. K. Bakarov

We investigated the carrier and light trapping in GaInAs/AlGaAs single quantum well laser structures by means of time resolved photoluminescence and Raman spectroscopy. The influence of the shape and depth of the confinement potential and…

The optical and electronic properties of 2D semiconductors are intrinsically linked via the strong interactions between optically excited bound species and free carriers. Here we use near-field scanning microwave microscopy (SMM) to image…

We measure the Hall conductivity of a two-dimensional electron gas formed at a GaAs/AlGaAs heterojunction in the terahertz regime close to the cyclotron resonance frequency by employing a highly sensitive Faraday rotation method coupled…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-12-16 A. V. Stier , C. T. Ellis , H. Zhang , D. Eason , G. Strasser , B. D. McCombe T. Morimoto , H. Aoki , J. Cerne

We report resistivity measurements from 0.03 K to 10 K in a dilute high mobility 2D electron system. Using an undoped GaAs/AlGaAs heterojunction in a gated field-effect transistor geometry, a wide range of densities, $0.16 \times 10^{10}…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. P. Lilly , J. L. Reno , J. A. Simmons , I. B. Spielman , J. P. Eisenstein , L. N. Pfeiffer , K. W. West , E. H. Hwang , S. Das Sarma

We report on transport in the second Landau level in \emph{in-situ} back-gated two-dimensional electron gases in GaAs/Al$_x$Ga$_{1-x}$As quantum wells. Minimization of gate leakage is the primary heterostructure design consideration.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 J. D. Watson , G. A. Csáthy , M. J. Manfra

In spite of a large quantity of papers devoted to the mangetoluminescence from CdTe/(Cd,Mg)Te, quantum wells there have been no attempts to analyze it on the basis of the band-structure calculations. This has been proposed in the present…

We report systematic quantum Hall transport experiments on Fabry-Perot electron interferometers at ultra-low-temperatures. The GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure devices consist of two constrictions defined by etch trenches in 2D electron layer,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-01-06 Ping V. Lin , F. E. Camino* , V. J. Goldman

Optical control of the lateral quantum confinement and number of electrons confined in nanofabricated GaAs/AlGaAs quantum dots is achieved by illumination with a weak laser beam that is absorbed in the AlGaAs barrier. Precise tuning of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Sokratis Kalliakos , Vittorio Pellegrini , Cesar Pascual Garcia , Aron Pinczuk , Loren N. Pfeiffer , Ken. W. West

Two-dimensional materials are an emerging class of new materials with a wide range of electrical and optical properties and potential applications. Single-layer structures of semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides are gaining…

We investigate electrical gating of photoluminescence and optical absorption in monolayer molybdenum disulfide (MoS$_2$) configured in field effect transistor geometry. We observe an hundredfold increase in photoluminescence intensity and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-11-19 A. K. M. Newaz , D. Prasai , J. I. Ziegler , D. Caudel , S. Robinson , R. F. Haglund , K. I. Bolotin

Amplification of the photocurrent in heterostructures of silicon dioxide films containing cobalt nanoparticles grown on gallium arsenide SiO2(Co)/GaAs has been observed in magnetic field in the avalanche regime. While the avalanche process…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-01-01 V. V. Pavlov , L. V. Lutsev , P. A. Usachev , A. A. Astretsov , A. I. Stognij , N. N. Novitskii , R. V. Pisarev