Optical investigation of a new type of valence-band configuration in InxGa1xAs-GaAs strained superlattices

Abstract
We present optical absorption experiments in strained Inx Ga1xAs-GaAs superlattices grown by molecular-beam epitaxy. From our data, we show that ground heavy- and light-hole states are confined in the Inx Ga1xAs and in the GaAs layers, respectively. We also use a new method to observe the optical selection rules in such two-dimensional structures.