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Photogalvanic effect in asymmetric quantum wells and superlattices

✍ Scribed by H. Schneider; S. Ehret; C. Schönbein; K. Schwarz; G. Bihlmann; J. Fleissner; G. Tränkle; G. Böhm

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Weight: 80 KB
Volume: 23
Category: Article
ISSN: 0749-6036
DOI: 10.1006/spmi.1996.0225

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✦ Synopsis

We have investigated the influence of the final states of bound-to-continuum transitions within the conduction band of asymmetric quantum well structures on the photocurrent. This influence manifests itself by an energy-dependent oscillation of the current direction. We observe pronounced oscillations at zero bias voltage in a double quantum well structure, induced by an asymmetric excitation into continuum states with positive and negative momentum, i.e. by a photogalvanic effect (PGE). If this effect is superimposed on an asymmetric backrelaxation, similar oscillations are observed in the spectrum when the latter asymmetry is compensated by an external electric field. Theoretically, we find a strong relation between the PGE and a quantum interference effect occurring in the continuum.

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