Elastically enhanced nonradiative recombination at AlxGa1−xAs-GaAs heterointerface

Abstract
In the presence of an elastic strain gradient of order 10−5 μm−1, the nonradiative recombination rate at an (LPE) AlxGa1−xAs‐GaAs heterointerface is observed to increase, reversibly, by as much as 100‐fold.