INDEPENDENT AND AMBIPOLAR TUNNELING IN ASYMMETRIC-COUPLED QUANTUM-WELL STRUCTURES

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TANGUY, C
DEVEAUD, B
REGRENY, A
HULIN, D
ANTONETTI, A
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[1] CTR NATL ETUD TELECOMMUN,F-22301 LANNION,FRANCE
[2] CTR NATL ETUD TELECOMMUN,LAB BAGNEUX,F-92220 BAGNEUX,FRANCE
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10.1063/1.104337
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We report femtosecond pump-probe transmission spectroscopy experiments on GaAs/AlGaAs asymmetric-coupled quantum wells, using a spectrally narrow optical excitation at 740 nm. The time-resolved evolution of the bleaching demonstrates the tunneling of both carriers through the barrier. At high densities a single tunneling time is observed in opposition to the low density regime, where the electron and hole contributions are well separated.
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页码:1283 / 1285
页数:3
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