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T1 - Confinement in self-assembled InAs/InP quantum wires studied by magneto-photoluminescence
AU - Maes, J
AU - Hayne, M
AU - Gonzalez, Y
AU - Gonzalez, L
AU - Fuster, D
AU - Garcia, J M
AU - Moshchalkov, V V
PY - 2004/3
Y1 - 2004/3
N2 - We studied two InAs/InP quantum wire samples with different growth conditions. The photoluminescence of the first sample reveals up to six distinct peaks, while the second has only two pronounced photoluminescence peaks that are attributed to flat wires with heights that differ by exactly one monolayer. Despite the large band offsets in this system, the photoluminescence energy shift of these peaks with a magnetic field applied in the plane of the wires shows that the extent of the exciton wave function in the growth direction is much larger than the wire height, i.e. the wave function spills over into the InP. Moreover, the exciton wave function shrinks for increasing wire height. The wave function spill-over is qualitatively confirmed in the first quantum wire sample. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
AB - We studied two InAs/InP quantum wire samples with different growth conditions. The photoluminescence of the first sample reveals up to six distinct peaks, while the second has only two pronounced photoluminescence peaks that are attributed to flat wires with heights that differ by exactly one monolayer. Despite the large band offsets in this system, the photoluminescence energy shift of these peaks with a magnetic field applied in the plane of the wires shows that the extent of the exciton wave function in the growth direction is much larger than the wire height, i.e. the wave function spills over into the InP. Moreover, the exciton wave function shrinks for increasing wire height. The wave function spill-over is qualitatively confirmed in the first quantum wire sample. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
KW - self-assembled quantum wires
KW - InAs
KW - pulsed magnetic fields
U2 - 10.1016/j.physe.2003.11.027
DO - 10.1016/j.physe.2003.11.027
M3 - Journal article
VL - 21
SP - 261
EP - 264
JO - Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures
JF - Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures
SN - 1386-9477
IS - 2-4
ER -