Title :
Purcell effect apparent in vertical transport in short-period superlattices
Author :
Altukhov, I.V. ; Baranov, A.N. ; Inskaya, N. D Il ; Kagan, M.S. ; Khazanova, S.V. ; Paprotskiy, S.K. ; Teissier, R. ; Usikova, A.A.
Author_Institution :
V.A. Kotel´´nikov Inst. of Radio Eng. & Electron., Moscow, Russia
Abstract :
Nonresonant tunneling in short-period InAs/AlSb superlattices (SLs) was studied. Several equidistant maxima appeared on current-voltage characteristics of the SLs were shown to be due to the influence of optical cavity on optical transitions within quantum wells (Purcell effect).
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; electrical conductivity; indium compounds; semiconductor quantum wells; semiconductor superlattices; tunnelling; InAs-AlSb; Purcell effect; current-voltage characteristics; equidistant maxima; nonresonant tunneling; optical cavity; optical transitions; quantum wells; short-period superlattices; vertical transport; Cavity resonators; Conductivity; Current-voltage characteristics; Optical superlattices; Resistance; Temperature measurement; Tunneling;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2012 37th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wollongong, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1598-2
Electronic_ISBN :
2162-2027
DOI :
10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2012.6380191
