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Optical Study of Carrier Transfer in Strain-induced Quantum Dots

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Yitong Gu
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755-3528 U.S.A.
M. D. Sturge
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755-3528 U.S.A.
K. Kash
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, U.S.A.
B. P. Van der Gaag
Affiliation:
Bellcore, 331 Newman Springs Road, Red Bank, NJ 07701-7040, U.S.A. ABST
A. S. Gozdz
Affiliation:
Bellcore, 331 Newman Springs Road, Red Bank, NJ 07701-7040, U.S.A. ABST
L. T. Florez
Affiliation:
Bellcore, 331 Newman Springs Road, Red Bank, NJ 07701-7040, U.S.A. ABST
J. P. Harbison
Affiliation:
Bellcore, 331 Newman Springs Road, Red Bank, NJ 07701-7040, U.S.A. ABST
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Abstract

We have studied excitation transfer from the host quantum well to strain-confined quantum dots. We find that there is a long-lived intermediate state acting as a reservoir, holding the excitation before it is thermally activated over a barrier to reach the quantum dot. The barrier height increases monotonically with dot size.

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Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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