New Method for Studying Biaxial Deformation Effects on Optical Spectra of Quantum Wells |
| T.P. Sosin and W. Trzeciakowski High Pressure Research Center "Uniparess", Polish Academy of Sciences, Sokołowska 29, 01-142 Warszawa, Poland |
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| The effects of large deformation were studied by preparing thin (20-30 μm) membranes with quantum-well layers on top. A small gas pressure of a few bar deforms the membrane substantially and changes the optical spectra of the quantum wells. We present the results of the photoluminescence and absorption from GaAs/AlGaAs and from InGaAs/GaAs quantum wells subjected to tensile and to compressive biaxial strain. The light-hole lines shift more than two times faster than the heavy-hole lines so that they cross under tensile strain. |
| DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.87.151 PACS numbers: 78.66.Fd, 73.20.Dx |