Abstract
The temperature dependence of the surface photovoltage spectrum of a strained single quantum well shows unusual broadening of the line shape around the feature below 100 K. With evidence obtained from the temperature dependence of the photoluminescence spectrum, this unusual broadening is attributed to a bound exciton transition that is prominent at low temperatures. Selectively excited dc photocurrent experiments show that thermal emission and field-aided tunneling emission of photogenerated carriers from the quantum well are responsible for the charge separation and subsequent generation of surface photovoltage of the quantum well.
- Received 8 May 2000
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.62.13604
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