Monday, May 7, 2012

1205.0924 (Florian J. R. Schülein et al.)

Surface acoustic wave controlled charge dynamics in a thin InGaAs
quantum well
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Florian J. R. Schülein, Jens Pustiowski, Kai Müller, Max Bichler, Gregor Koblmüller, Jonathan J. Finley, Achim Wixforth, Hubert J. Krenner
We experimentally study the optical emission of a thin quantum well and its dynamic modulation by a surface acoustic wave (SAW). We observe a characteristic transition of the modulation from one maximum to two maxima per SAW cycle as the acoustic power is increased which we find in good agreement with numer- ical calculations of the SAW controlled carrier dynamics. At low acoustic powers the carrier mobilites limit electron-hole pair dissociation, whereas at high power levels the induced electric fields give rise to efficient acousto-electric carrier transport. The direct comparison between the experimental data and the numerical simulations provide an absolute calibration of the local SAW phase.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.0924

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