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Relation between photocurrent and DLTS signals observed for quantum dot systems

Relation between photocurrent and DLTS signals observed for quantum dot systems
Relation between photocurrent and DLTS signals observed for quantum dot systems

The electro-optical properties of InAs/GaAs quantum dots (QD) are presented. It is shown that they can contribute to the photocurrent at temperatures where photo-generated excitons can split. This happens if the carrier binding energies are not too large to prevent the carrier emission process. At lower temperatures, the exciton recombination process can effectively compete with the carrier emission processes and no photocurrent signal is observed. The Laplace DLTS technique has been used in a wide temperature range to analyze the electron and hole emission separately and combine them with the observed temperature dependence of the photocurrent. The photocurrent measurements also showed that with an increase in temperature the dot-related photocurrent peaks shift to lower energies with a rate similar to GaAs band gap shrinkage.

0921-4526
5170-5172
Kruszewski, P.
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Dobaczewski, L.
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Kruszewski, P., Dobaczewski, L., Mesli, A., Markevich, V. P., Mitchell, C., Missous, M. and Peaker, A. R. (2009) Relation between photocurrent and DLTS signals observed for quantum dot systems. Physica B: Condensed Matter, 404 (23-24), 5170-5172. (doi:10.1016/j.physb.2009.08.275).

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The electro-optical properties of InAs/GaAs quantum dots (QD) are presented. It is shown that they can contribute to the photocurrent at temperatures where photo-generated excitons can split. This happens if the carrier binding energies are not too large to prevent the carrier emission process. At lower temperatures, the exciton recombination process can effectively compete with the carrier emission processes and no photocurrent signal is observed. The Laplace DLTS technique has been used in a wide temperature range to analyze the electron and hole emission separately and combine them with the observed temperature dependence of the photocurrent. The photocurrent measurements also showed that with an increase in temperature the dot-related photocurrent peaks shift to lower energies with a rate similar to GaAs band gap shrinkage.

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Published date: 15 December 2009

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Local EPrints ID: 493973
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/493973
ISSN: 0921-4526
PURE UUID: 1b85e181-bc35-4939-98e9-bf30d0783255
ORCID for C. Mitchell: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9773-8842

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Author: P. Kruszewski
Author: L. Dobaczewski
Author: A. Mesli
Author: V. P. Markevich
Author: C. Mitchell ORCID iD
Author: M. Missous
Author: A. R. Peaker

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