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Prettl, Wilhelm ; Vass, A. ; Allan, G. R. ; Pidgeon, C.

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.

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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.17502


Abstract

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 typeArticle
Journal or Publication TitleInternational Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
Publisher:Kluwer
Volume:4
Number of Issue or Book Chapter:4
Page Range:pp. 561-574
Date1983
InstitutionsPhysics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics > Alumni or Retired Professors > Group Wilhelm Prettl
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10.1007/BF01009395DOI
Keywordssemiconductors - epitaxial GaAs - shallow donors - nonlinear photoconductivity - power broadening
Dewey Decimal Classification500 Science > 530 Physics
StatusPublished
RefereedYes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of RegensburgUnknown
URN of the UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-175026
Item ID17502

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