Resonant Magnetopolaron Effects due to Interface Phonons in GaAs/AlGaAs Multiple Quantum Well Structures

Y. J. Wang, H. A. Nickel, B. D. McCombe, F. M. Peeters, J. M. Shi, G. Q. Hai, X.-G. Wu, T. J. Eustis, and W. Schaff
Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 3226 – Published 27 October 1997
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Abstract

Polaron cyclotron resonance (CR) has been studied in three modulation-doped GaAs/Al0.3Ga0.7As multiple quantum well structures in magnetic field up to 30 T. Large avoided-level-crossing splittings of the CR near the GaAs reststrahlen region, and smaller splittings in the region of the AlAs-like optical phonons of th AlGaAs barriers, are observed. Based on a comparison with a detailed theoretical calculation, the high frequency splitting, the magnitude of which increases with decreasing well width, is assigned to resonant polaron interactions with AlAs-like interface phonons.

  • Received 18 February 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.3226

©1997 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Y. J. Wang

  • National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306

H. A. Nickel and B. D. McCombe

  • Department of Physics, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260

F. M. Peeters and J. M. Shi

  • Department Natuurkunde, Universiteit Antwerpen (UIA), B-2610 Antwerpen, Belgium

G. Q. Hai

  • Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 13565-905 São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

X.-G. Wu

  • National Laboratory for Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China

T. J. Eustis and W. Schaff

  • Department of Electrical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853

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