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interband transitions in semiconductors
M. Fox, Optical Properties of Solids, Oxford Master Series in Condensed Matter Physics
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interband transitions in quantum wells
Atomic wavefunction of carriers in the conduction and valence band haveparity differing by 1, hence only transitions with ∆n = 0 are dipole-allowed
for a rectangular potential with infinite wallsonly transitions with ∆n = 0 are possible.
This selection rule is weakened for „real“ quantumwells with finite barrier heights but still the transitionswith ∆n = 0 dominate the spectra
J. H. Davies, The Physics of Low-Dimensional Semiconductors, Cambridge University Press (1998)
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quantum well photoluminescence
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exciton binding energy and Bohr radius
M. Fox, Optical Properties of Solids, Oxford Master Series in Condensed Matter Physics
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2D: quantum well excitons
J. H. Davies, The Physics of Low-Dimensional Semiconductors, Cambridge University Press (1998)
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exciton correction to the absorption continuum: Sommerfeld factor
J. H. Davies, The Physics of Low-Dimensional Semiconductors, Cambridge University Press (1998)
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laser applications of semiconductor heterostructures
Z. I. Alferov, Nobel Lecture (2000)
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quantum well applications: quantum cascade laser (QCL)
Unlike typical interband semiconductor lasers that emit electromagnetic radiation through the recombination of electron–hole pairs across the material band gap, QCLs are unipolar and laser emission is achieved through the use of intersubband transitions in a repeated stack of semiconductor multiple quantum well heterostructures
QCL emission wavelength 2.75 – 250 µm (~ 500 – 5 meV)
3
2
1
3221 Γ>>Γ=LOω
Quantum Cascade Laser invented by Bell Labs physicists; Cover illustration for Science,
April 22,1994.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_cascade_laser
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interband transitions
J. H. Davies, The Physics of Low-Dimensional Semiconductors, Cambridge University Press (1998)
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QCL: principle and experimental realization
E32 = 291 meV = 2347 cm-1 ~ 4.26 µm
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interband transitions:double heterojunction laser
http://britneyspears.ac/physics/fplasers/fplasers.htm
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laser applications of semiconductor heterostructures: quantum well LED and laser
Z. I. Alferov, Nobel Lecture (2000)
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quantum well LED and laser
Z. I. Alferov, Nobel Lecture (2000)
J. H. Davies, The Physics of Low-Dimensional Semiconductors, Cambridge University Press (1998)
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quantum well LED and laser
Z. I. Alferov, Nobel Lecture (2000)
J. H. Davies, The Physics of Low-Dimensional Semiconductors, Cambridge University Press (1998)
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quantum well laser
Z. I. Alferov, Nobel Lecture (2000)
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quantum well laser
Z. I. Alferov, Nobel Lecture (2000)
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quantum well laser
Z. I. Alferov, Nobel Lecture (2000)
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Confinement in heterostructures
system dimension:
0D
yx
z
Ly
Lx
Lz
3D
Lx,Ly,Lz>>λF
dz
2D dy1D dx
dz ≈ λF dy,dz ≈ λF dx,dy,dz ≈ λF
density of states:
E
D(E) 3D
E
D(E)
const.
E1 Ei
2D
E
D(E) 1D
E
D(E) 0D~ E
1
EijkE111
~δ(E-Eijk)
~ E
E11 Eij
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Quantum dots
Stranski-Krastanow QDs
1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.330
500
1000
1500
Energy (eV) P
L (c
ount
s in
150
s)
monolayer fluctuations QDs
0D dx
dx,dy,dz ≈ λF
E
D(E) 0D
EijkE111
~δ(E-Eijk)
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Self-assembly of quantum dotsInAs
< 1.5 ML • Filmmolecular beam epitaxy film growth (InAs on GaAs)mismatch between lattice parameter ⇒ stressed film
GaAs
~ 1.5 ML • Quantum DotsStranski-Krastanov growth of InAs dots is a result from equilibrium between mechanical stressand surface energy~ 2 ML
dots: "rings":
0 50100 150
200nm
0 50100 150
200nm
0 50100 150
200nm
0 50100 150
200nm
height ~ 2 - 6 nmdiameter ~ 20 – 50 nm10% size variation
0 50100 150
200nm
> 2.5 ML
dislocations
• DislocationsFurther growth relaxes excess energy through creation ofdislocations
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0D excitons: quantum dots
0 50100 150
200nm
0 50100 150
200nm
0 50100 150
200nm
• InAs quantum dots~ 6 nm high~ 20nm diameter, 10% size variation
0 50100 150
200nm
0 50100 150
200nm
• Quantum rings (Partially Covered InAs Islands) ~ 1 to 2 nm high~ 50nm diameter, 30% size variation
• Vertical coherent growth: double layer of dots
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Electron and hole confinement in quantum dots
r (nm)-100 -50 0 50 100
~ 300 meV
~ 150 meV
1445 m e Vs
pd
spd
CB
VB
p
p
d
d
s
s
• Confinement energies:electron ~ 50 meV, holes ~ 25 meV
GaAs
InAsGaAs
Energy Ec
Evx, y
z
Energy
• Capping with GaAs: electronic barrier material
• Quasi-parabolic confinement
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Localized states in a self-assembled quantum dot
axial confinement:rectangular quantum well
lateral confinement:parabolic quantum well
GaAs InAs GaAs GaAs InAs GaAs
InAsCBE
z1E
=enE +InAs
CBE +z1E
GaAsCBE
xynE
0xyn ω)1n(E h+=
1st energy levelof a quantum well
energy spectrum of a 2D harmonic oscillatorwith degeneracy m=2(n+1) (2 because of spin)
n=2
-1 +10m= -2 +2
d
pn=1
n=0 s
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Localized states in a self-assembled quantum dot
-40 -20 20 40
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
-40 -20 20 40
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
solutions of a 2D harmonic problem:(e.g. Cohen-Tannoudji, Quantum mechanics)
χ |χ|2
n=0m=0
-40 -20 20 40
0.05
0.10
0.15
0.20
0.25
0.30
0.35
-40 -20 20 40
-0.6
-0.4
-0.2
0.2
0.4
0.6
n=1m=+/- 1
-40 -20 20 40
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
-40 -20 20 40
-1.0
-0.8
-0.6
-0.4
-0.2
0.2
0.4
n=2m=0
-40 -20 20 40
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
-40 -20 20 40
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
n=2m=+/-2
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Shell structure of quantum dots in spectroscopy
shell structure of artificial atoms:
p
p
d
d
s
s
Abs
orpt
ion
0
1e-4
2e-4
3e-4
Energy (eV)0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4
Abs
optio
n
0
1e-4
2e-4
3e-4
Rings(4.2K)
Dots(4.2K)
Absorption measured on ~ 107 quantum dots
s-s
p-p d-d
R.J. Warburton et al. PRL 79, 5282 (1997)
Energy (eV)1.30 1.35 1.40
PL in
tens
ity
0
1
2s-s
p-p
d-d
Emissionmeasured on ~ 107 quantum rings
p
p
d
d
s
s
inhomogeneous broadening ~ 30 meV
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Energy scales
Exciton binding energy meV20E h,es,s ≈
Quantization energies meV25meV50
h
e
<ω<ω
h
h
Inhomogeneous broadening meV30≈Ensemblespectroscopy
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Excitons in bulk semiconductors
M. Fox, Optical Properties of Solids, Oxford Master Series in Condensed Matter Physics
compare with in quantum dots
quantum confinement enhances Coulomb correlations (e.g. exciton binding energy)
meV22Eehss =
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0
2000
4000
6000confocal
PL
(cou
nts
in 3
0 s)
1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.350
500
1000
1500
Energy (eV)
300 nm aperture
PL
(cou
nts
in 1
50 s
)
Ensemble and single dot photoluminescence
~ 100 -1000 dots
5 – 10 dots
Al
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Quantum dot biexciton cascade: source of entangled photons
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Electrical source of entangled photons
Toshiba Research Europe Ltd., Cambridge Research Laboratory
Salter et al, Nature 465, 594–597 (03 June 2010)