Abstract
Contactless electroreflectance (CER) has been applied to study band bending in Be-doped GaInNAs/GaAs quantum wells (QWs).
It has been shown that (i) the sign of GaAs-related CER signal changes
from positive to negative due to Be-doping and (ii) QW-related CER
resonances disappear for Be-doped QWs whereas they are clearly observed for un-doped QWs. The two observations indicate a Be-related shift in the Fermi level above the hole levels in the QW region, i.e., the change in band bending in this system. The results point out that the experimentally-observed enhancement in QW photoluminescence upon Be-doping is associated with a better collection/confinement of photogenerated carriers by the Be-doped GaInNAs QW.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 021902 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
Volume | 97 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2010 |
MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Keywords
- electroreflectance
- CER
- quantum wells
- QW
- GaAs
- GaInNAs