Electron–plasmon resonance in quantum wells with inverted subband population

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• 作者：Kisin ; Mikhail ; Stroscio ; Michael ; Belenky ; Gregory ; Luryi ; Serge
• 关键词：71.45.&minus ; d ; 72.10.&minus ; d ; 78.66 ; Semiconductor heterostructures ; Electron relaxation ; Plasmons ; Phonons
• 刊名：Physica E
• 出版年：1999
• 出版时间：December, 1999
• 年：1999
• 卷：5
• 期：3
• 页码：196-199
• 全文大小：108 K

文摘

The inverted order of subband occupation, n₂>n₁ , in quantum-well heterostructures designed for the intersubband lasers results in a novel effective relaxation mechanism for nonequilibrium electrons in the lower subband due to emission of the intersubband plasmons. In contrast to the cascade relaxation by phonons and intrasubband plasmons, this one-step scattering process efficiently fills the final states for light-emitting transitions. Resonant screening, which is influenced by the process of intersubband plasmon excitation, leads to downshift and narrowing of the intersubband optical emission spectra.