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Thermal emission and band-filling effects on the photoluminescence rise time of InGaAs/InAs/GaAs quantum dots

  • A. Melliti
  • , M. A. Maaref
  • , B. Sermage
  • , J. Bloch
  • , F. Saidi
  • , F. Hassen
  • , H. Maaref

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Abstract

In this paper, we present an experimental study of the thermal emission and band-filling effects on the rise time in high-quality InGaAs/InAs/GaAs quantum dots emitting at 1.2 μm at 10 K. At excitation density of 104 W cm -2, the photoluminescence rise time, which is dominated by the relaxation time, of the ground and first excited states are independent of temperature (40 ps). At excitation density of 5600 W cm-2 the ground (first excited) state photoluminescence rise time varies from 90 ps (110 ps) at 10 K to 40 ps (70 ps) at 160 K. This behavior is attributed to the band-filling and the thermal emission effects on the efficiency of the relaxation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)22-27
Number of pages6
JournalPhysica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures
Volume28
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2005

Keywords

  • Excitation density
  • Photoluminescence
  • Quantum dots
  • Relaxation
  • Rise time
  • Temperature

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