Electronic structure of InyGa1yAs1xNx/GaAs multiple quantum wells in the dilute-N regime from pressure and kp studies

S. A. Choulis, T. J. C. Hosea, S. Tomić, M. Kamal-Saadi, A. R. Adams, E. P. O’Reilly, B. A. Weinstein, and P. J. Klar
Phys. Rev. B 66, 165321 – Published 30 October 2002
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Abstract

We report photomodulated reflectance measurements of several intersubband transitions for a series of as-grown InyGa1yAs1xNx/GaAs multiple quantum well samples as functions of hydrostatic pressure (at room temperature) and temperature (at ambient pressure). The experimental results provide support for the effects of disorder due to different nearest-neighbor N-cation configurations. The quantum well transition energies obtained from the photomodulated reflectance spectra are fitted as a function of pressure with a realistic 10 band kp Hamiltonian, that includes tight-binding-based energies and coupling parameters for the N levels. The quality of match between theory and experiment confirms the theoretical model and predicts some important material parameters for dilute-N InGaAsN alloys.

  • Received 22 March 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.66.165321

©2002 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

S. A. Choulis*, T. J. C. Hosea, S. Tomić, M. Kamal-Saadi, A. R. Adams, and E. P. O’Reilly

  • Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, UK

B. A. Weinstein

  • Department of Physics, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA

P. J. Klar

  • Department of Physics and Materials Science Center, Philipps-University, D-35032 Marburg, Germany

  • *Email address: s.choulis@surrey.ac.uk
  • Now at NMRC, University College, Lee Maltings, Prospect Row, Cork, Ireland.
  • On sabbatical at the University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK.

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Vol. 66, Iss. 16 — 15 October 2002

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