Physics – Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2003-01-14
Phys. Rev. B 68, 045319 (2003)
Physics
Condensed Matter
8 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.68.045319
The exciton localization is studied in GaAs/GaAlAs V-shaped quantum wires (QWRs) by high spatial resolution spectroscopy. Scanning optical imaging of different generations of samples shows that the localization length has been enhanced as the growth techniques were improved. In the best samples, excitons are delocalized in islands of length of the order of 1 micron, and form a continuum of 1D states in each of them, as evidenced by the sqrt(T) dependence of the radiative lifetime. On the opposite, in the previous generation of QWRs, the localization length is typically 50 nm and the QWR behaves as a collection of quantum boxes. These localization properties are compared to structural properties and related to the progresses of the growth techniques. The presence of residual disorder is evidenced in the best samples and explained by the separation of electrons and holes due to the large in-built piezo-electric field present in the structure.
Grousson Roger
Guillet Thierry
Ogura Mutsuo
Voliotis Valia
Wang Xue-Lun
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