The effect of temperature on the resonant tunneling and electric field domain formation in multiple quantum well superlattices

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 2033-2035

  Xu, Yuanjian ^a   Shakouri, Ali ^a   Yariv, Amnon ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

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EID: 0003502926     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.364062     Document Type: Article

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10. A more elaborate analysis may in fact show some extra features in the absorption spectrum originating from the particular nature of a scattering mechanism (e.g., the presence of a threshold energy of 36 meV for polar optical phonon emission in GaAs). Without including these effects, the calculated absorption spectrum matches the experimental photocurrent spectrum very well. This is despite the additional complexity in the photocurrent spectra due to electron emission and capture in quantum wells.