Envelope-function matching conditions for GaAs/(Al,Ga)As heterojunctions
- 15 November 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 38 (14) , 10057-10059
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.38.10057
Abstract
By comparing model calculations and experimental results from photoluminescence excitation spectra, we determine that for GaAs/(Al,Ga)As quantum wells the appropriate matching conditions are the continuity of the envelope function (F) and dF/dz across the interface.
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