Optical Properties of Semiconductor Nanostructures

✍ Scribed by G. Eytan, Y. Yayon, M. Rappaport, H. Shtrikman, I. Bar-Joseph (auth.), Marcin L. Sadowski, Marek Potemski, Marian Grynberg (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 442
• Series: NATO Science Series 81
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Optical methods for investigating semiconductors and the theoretical description of optical processes have always been an important part of semiconductor physics. Only the emphasis placed on different materials changes with time. Here, a large number of papers are devoted to quantum dots, presenting the theory, spectroscopic investigation and methods of producing such structures. Another major part of the book reflects the growing interest in diluted semiconductors and II-IV nanosystems in general.
There are also discussions of the fascinating field of photonic crystals. `Classical' low dimensional systems, such as GsAs/GaAlAs quantum wells and heterostructures, still make up a significant part of the results presented, and they also serve as model systems for new phenomena. New materials are being sought, and new experimental techniques are coming on stream, in particular the combination of different spectroscopic modalities.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Near-Field Spectroscopy of a Gated Electron Gas....Pages 1-18
Two-Dimensional Electron-Hole Systems in a Strong Magnetic Field....Pages 19-31
A Far Infrared Modulated Photoluminescence (FIRM-PL) Study of a 2-D Electron Gas in GaAs/Al x Ga 1-X As Heterojunctions and Quantum Wells....Pages 33-44
Magneto-Optical Properties and Potential Fluctuations in High Mobility 2D Electron Gas....Pages 45-63
Spectrum Shape Analysis of Magnetoreflectivity and Magnetorotation of Polarisation Plane of Light Reflected from GaAs/AlGaAs MQW’s in the Quantum Hall Regime....Pages 65-70
Magnetic Field Induced Insulating Phase in Two-Dimensional Electron Gas in InGaAs/Inp with Strong Disorder....Pages 71-76
Optical Properties of Bound Polarons in Quantum Wells....Pages 77-80
Second Harmonic Generation in Asymmetric Quantum Wells: The Role of Depolarisation and Excitonic-Like Effects....Pages 81-84
Optical Absorption and Carrier Transmission in Heterostructures....Pages 85-90
Optical Investigation of Coupled GaAs/Al 0.3 Ga 0.7 As Double Quantum Wells Separated by AIAs Barriers....Pages 91-95
Optical and Related Properties of the Synthetic Quasi-Two-Dimensional Semiconductors K 2 Cd 3 S 4 , Rb 2 Cd 3 S 4 and Cs 2 Cd 3 S 4 ....Pages 97-100
Internal Transitions of Neutral and Negatively Charged Magnetoexcitons in GaAs Nanostructures: The Importance of Symmetry....Pages 101-116
Tailoring of Spin-Dependent Excitonic Interaction in Quantum Wells by an Electric Field....Pages 117-132
Exciton Condensation....Pages 133-141
Coherent Response to Optical Pulses in Quantum Wells....Pages 143-157
High Density Two-Dimensional Electron-Hole Plasmas in Quantising Magnetic Fields....Pages 159-168
Recombination Dynamics of Negatively Charged Excitons in Gated GaAs Quantum Wells....Pages 169-172
Excitons in the Two-Dimensional Hole Gas at the Al 0.5 Ga 0.5 As/GaAs Interface....Pages 173-176
Photoreflectance Study of GaAs/AlAs Single Quantum Well Structures....Pages 177-182
Landau Level Mixing in Asymmetric Quantum Wells....Pages 183-186
Microcavities with 3D Optical Confinement....Pages 187-200
Spontaneous Emission Control in In x Ga 1-x As/GaAs Planar Microcavities with DBR Reflectors....Pages 201-210
Ferromagnetic Semiconductors and Their Nanostructures: New Opportunities and Challenges....Pages 211-224
Magnetooptical Studies of Magnetic Ordering in Modulation Doped Quantum Well of Cd 1-x Mn x Te....Pages 225-235
Magnetooptical Properties of Graded Quantum Well Structures Made of Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors....Pages 237-246
Dynamic Self-Polarisation of Magnetic Impurity Spins under Optical Pumping by Unpolarised Light in Semiconductors....Pages 247-253
Coherent Spin Dynamics in Diluted-Magnetic Quantum Wells....Pages 255-268
Non-Magnetic Magnetic Polaron....Pages 269-278
Semimagnetic Semiconductors in Studies of Charged Excitons....Pages 279-289
Far Infrared Response of CdTe Structures on GaAs Substrates....Pages 291-298
Combined Exciton-Electron Processes in Modulation Doped Quantum Well Structures....Pages 299-308
A New Opportunity of Probing Lateral Distortions in Quantum Wells....Pages 309-313
Magneto-Reflection in CdMnTe/CdTe Multiple Quantum Wells....Pages 315-318
Optical Properties of Quantum Dots....Pages 319-336
The Stark Effect and Electron-Hole Wavefunctions in InAs-GaAs Self-Assembled Quantum Dots....Pages 337-346
Interband Optics of Charge-Tunable Quantum Dots....Pages 347-363
Optical Charging of Self-Assembled InAs Quantum Dots....Pages 365-377
Optical Properties of Coloidally Synthesised II-VI Semiconductor Nanocrystals....Pages 379-393
Photoluminescence from InGaAs/GaAs Quantum Dots in a High Electric Field....Pages 395-404
Homogeneous Linewidth of Optical Transitions and Electronic Energy Relaxation in Quantum Dots....Pages 405-420
Raman Spectroscopy of Exciton-Acoustic Phonon Coupling in Semiconductor Nanocrystals....Pages 421-424
Excitons in Quantum-Dot Quantum Well Structures....Pages 425-430
Fine Structure of Excitons and the Overhauser Effect in Quantum Dots....Pages 431-434
Back Matter....Pages 435-445

✦ Subjects

Condensed Matter Physics;Characterization and Evaluation of Materials;Optical and Electronic Materials;Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices;Solid State Physics;Spectroscopy and Microscopy