Optical properties of electric field tunable quantum well structures

  • Artur Zrenner
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Abstract

Deliberate control of the electric field in quantum well structures can be achieved by designing n+-i-n+ heterostructures. The active part in such structures is the i-region. We have designed different layer sequence for the i-region in order to induce specific physical properties in our structures. These properties are the optically induced charge accumulation, the intrinsic optoelectronic bistability, and the electric-field-induced Γ-X transition.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Artur Zrenner
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  1. 1.Walter Schottky InstitutTechnische Universität MünchenGarchingGermany

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