Midinfrared intersubband absorption in ZnxCd1-xSe/Znx'Cdy'Mg1-x'-y'Se multiple quantum well structures

被引：25
作者：
Lu, H.
Shen, A.
Tamargo, M. C. [1 ]
Song, C. Y.
Liu, H. C.
Zhang, S. K.
Alfano, R. R.
Munoz, M.
机构：
[1] CUNY City Coll, Dept Chem, New York, NY 10031 USA
[2] Natl Res Council Canada, Inst Microstruct Sci, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, Canada
[3] CUNY City Coll, Dept Phys, Inst Ultrafast Spect & Lasers, New York, NY 10031 USA
[4] Virginia Commonwealth Univ, Dept Phys, Richmond, VA 23284 USA
来源：
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS | 2006年 / 89卷 / 13期
基金：
美国国家科学基金会; 美国国家航空航天局;
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D O I：
10.1063/1.2354578
中图分类号：
O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要：
The authors report the observation of intersubband absorption in ZnxCd(1-x)Se/Znx'Cdy'Mg(1-x'-y')Se multiple quantum wells. Lattice-matched samples were grown by molecular beam epitaxy on InP (001) substrates. Photoluminescence measurements indicate that the samples have excellent material quality. The peak absorption wavelengths measured by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy are 3.99 and 5.35 mu m for two samples with ZnxCd(1-x)Se well widths of 28 and 42 angstrom, respectively. These values fall within the 3-5 mu m wavelength range, which is of interest for midinfrared intersubband devices, such as quantum cascade lasers and quantum well infrared photodetectors. Their experimental results fit well with theoretical predictions based on the envelope function approximation. The results indicate that these wide band gap II-VI materials are very promising for midinfrared intersubband device applications. (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics.
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