RADIATIVE RECOMBINATION IN GAAS-ALXGA1-XAS QUANTUM DOTS

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WANG, PD [1 ]
TORRES, CMS [1 ]
BENISTY, H [1 ]
WEISBUCH, C [1 ]
BEAUMONT, SP [1 ]
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[1] THOMSON CSF,CENT RECH LAB,F-91404 ORSAY,FRANCE
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10.1063/1.107737
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We present experimental and theoretical results on the low-temperature luminescence intensity of dry-etched GaAs-AlxGa1-xAs quantum dots. The luminescence intensity was found to decrease by two orders of magnitude with the decrease of dot sizes from 1-mu-m to 60 nm. Our intrinsic model of the emission yield invokes slower momentum and energy relaxation mechanisms as the lateral dimensions decrease. The additional extrinsic effect considered involves carrier diffusion with a surface nonradiative recombination velocity. Combining intrinsic and extrinsic effects and using a surface recombination velocity of approximately 10(5) cm/s for GaAs, we can obtain a good fit to the data.
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