Femtosecond intersubband scattering of holes in Si1-xGex/Si quantum wells

R. A. Kaindl; M. Woerner; M. Wurm; K. Reimann; T. Elsaesser; C. Miesner; K. Brunner; G. Abstreiter

doi:10.1016/S0921-4526(01)01440-5

Femtosecond intersubband scattering of holes in Si_1-xGe_x/Si quantum wells

R. A. Kaindl, M. Woerner, M. Wurm, K. Reimann, T. Elsaesser, C. Miesner, K. Brunner, G. Abstreiter

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The intersubband relaxation of holes in p-type modulation-doped Si_1-xGe_x/Si multiple quantum wells is studied both experimentally and theoretically. Pump-probe experiments with 150-fs midinfrared pulses yield a lifetime of holes in the second heavy-hole subband of only 250 fs for 4.4-nm wide wells with x = 0.5. This short lifetime is caused by interaction with phonons via the optical deformation potential. Calculations of hole-phonon scattering agree very well with the experimental results. The calculations show that longer heavy-hole lifetimes are possible by increasing the Ge content and the well widths.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	255-258
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physica B: Condensed Matter
Volume	314
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0921-4526(01)01440-5
State	Published - Mar 2002

Keywords

Intersubband relaxation
Optical deformation potential
SiGe quantum wells

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Femtosecond intersubband scattering of holes in Si_1-xGe_x/Si quantum wells

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