Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Narrow intersubband transitions in n-type Ge/SiGe multi-quantum wells: control of the terahertz absorption energy trough the temperature dependent depolarization shift

M De Seta, G Capellini, M Ortolani, M Virgilio, G Grosso, G Nicotra and P Zaumseil



In this paper we present a detailed study of the intersubband absorption occurring between electron states confined in strained Ge multi-quantum wells as a function of the temperature. The high structural quality of the samples is reflected by the very narrow absorption line-shape constant with temperature. We observe a temperature driven charge transfer occurring between the ground and the first excited subband which, in turn, induces a change in the depolarization shift and consequently in the energy of the absorbance peak. The experimental observations are well accounted for by a multi-valley k ⋅ p model.



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