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Power broadening and nonlinear FIR magneto-photoconductivity in n-GaAs
Prettl, Wilhelm, Vass, A., Allan, G. R. and Pidgeon, C. (1983) Power broadening and nonlinear FIR magneto-photoconductivity in n-GaAs. International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves 4 (4), pp. 561-574.Date of publication of this fulltext: 26 Oct 2010 12:16
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.17502
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The saturation of the photoconductivity due to 1s-2p+ shallow donor transitions in n-GaAs has been investigated using a high power cw-FIR-laser. Magnetic field strengths were chosen in such a way that 2p+ energy levels were either below or above the N=0 conduction band Landau level. In the former case 1s-p+ transitions are found to be inhomogeneously broadened with a saturation intensity as low ...
The saturation of the photoconductivity due to 1s-2p+ shallow donor transitions in n-GaAs has been investigated using a high power cw-FIR-laser. Magnetic field strengths were chosen in such a way that 2p+ energy levels were either below or above the N=0 conduction band Landau level. In the former case 1s-p+ transitions are found to be inhomogeneously broadened with a saturation intensity as low as 0.84 mW/cm2, giving an effective lifetime of the 2p+ state of 1.5 mgrs. Above the band edge the integrated photoconductivity does not saturate though the intensity-normalized peak photosignal decreases and the linewidth increases with raising intensity. This strange behaviour is tentatively attributed to optical excitations of 2p+ electrons to higher lying electron Landau states.
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| Item type | Article | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title | International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves | ||||
| Publisher: | Kluwer | ||||
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| Volume: | 4 | ||||
| Number of Issue or Book Chapter: | 4 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 561-574 | ||||
| Date | 1983 | ||||
| Institutions | Physics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics > Alumni or Retired Professors > Group Wilhelm Prettl | ||||
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| Keywords | semiconductors - epitaxial GaAs - shallow donors - nonlinear photoconductivity - power broadening | ||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 500 Science > 530 Physics | ||||
| Status | Published | ||||
| Refereed | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Unknown | ||||
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-175026 | ||||
| Item ID | 17502 |
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