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Resonant generation of nonequilibrium phonons in GaAs/AlAs quantum wells via intersubband scattering

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10192537· OSTI ID:10192537
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  1. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics
  2. Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)

The authors have studied the resonant intersubband scattering of optical phonons or RISOP theoretically and by picosecond scattering. Experimentally, the authors have established a way to determine phonon occupancy in quantum wells. The model calculation shows that a significant amount of long wavelength LO phonons are generated by RISOP in GaAs/A1As quantum wells. However, they measured a much smaller phonon population than predicted. The discrepancy can be explained by a breakdown of in-plane wavevector conservation due to interface roughness.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
10192537
Report Number(s):
LBL--35940; CONF-9408155--11; ON: DE95002338
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English