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Nonresonant electron and hole tunneling times in GaAs/Al0.35Ga0.65As asymmetric double quantum wells

M. Nido, +4 more
- 22 Jan 1990 - 
- Vol. 56, Iss: 4, pp 355-357
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In this paper, nonresonant carrier tunneling is investigated by time-resolved and time-averaged optical methods for a series of samples with various barrier thicknesses.
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Nonresonant carrier tunneling is investigated by time‐resolved and time‐averaged optical methods for a series of samples with various barrier thicknesses. The electron tunneling times decrease exponentially with the decrease of barrier thickness from 8 to 3 nm, and the trend is well described by a semiclassical model. Additional efficient hole tunneling is observed in the 3 nm barrier sample, and the time constant is of the order of 50 ps.

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