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Main Author: I. F. L. Dias
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Language:en
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Física 2004
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contents Thermal expansion contribution to the temperature dependence of excitonic transitions in GaAs and AlGaAs I. F. L. Dias J. L. Duarte E. Laureto J. R. Leite S. A. Lourenço D. O. Toginho Filho L. C. Poças Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas Photoluminescence and photoreflectance measurements have been used to determine excitonic transitions inthe ternary AlxGa1−xAs alloy in the temperature range from 2 to 300 K. The effect of the thermal expansioncontribution on the temperature dependence of excitonic transitions for different aluminum concentrations in theAlxGa1−xAs alloy is presented. Results from this study have shown that the negative thermal expansion (NTE)in the AlxGa1−xAs alloy, in the low temperature interval, induces a small blueshift in the optical transitionenergy. In the temperature range from ∼23 to ∼95 K there is a competition between the NTE effect and theelectron-phonon interaction. Using the thermal expansion coefficient in the 2 – 300 K temperature range, thethermal expansion contribution to GaAs, at room temperature, represents 21% of the total shift of the excitonictransition energy. After subtracting the thermal expansion contribution from the experimental temperaturedependence of the excitonic transitions, in the AlxGa1−xAs alloy, the contribution to the electron-phononinteraction of the longitudinal optical phonon increases, relatively to the longitudinal acoustical phonon, withincreasing Al concentration. 2004 artículo científico 0103-9733 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=46434230 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=464 Brazilian Journal of Physics application/pdf Sociedade Brasileira de Física Brazilian Journal of Physics (Brasil) Num.2A Vol.34
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spellingShingle Thermal expansion contribution to the temperature dependence of excitonic transitions in GaAs and AlGaAs
I. F. L. Dias
Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas
Thermal expansion contribution to the temperature dependence of excitonic transitions in GaAs and AlGaAs I. F. L. Dias J. L. Duarte E. Laureto J. R. Leite S. A. Lourenço D. O. Toginho Filho L. C. Poças Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas Photoluminescence and photoreflectance measurements have been used to determine excitonic transitions inthe ternary AlxGa1−xAs alloy in the temperature range from 2 to 300 K. The effect of the thermal expansioncontribution on the temperature dependence of excitonic transitions for different aluminum concentrations in theAlxGa1−xAs alloy is presented. Results from this study have shown that the negative thermal expansion (NTE)in the AlxGa1−xAs alloy, in the low temperature interval, induces a small blueshift in the optical transitionenergy. In the temperature range from ∼23 to ∼95 K there is a competition between the NTE effect and theelectron-phonon interaction. Using the thermal expansion coefficient in the 2 – 300 K temperature range, thethermal expansion contribution to GaAs, at room temperature, represents 21% of the total shift of the excitonictransition energy. After subtracting the thermal expansion contribution from the experimental temperaturedependence of the excitonic transitions, in the AlxGa1−xAs alloy, the contribution to the electron-phononinteraction of the longitudinal optical phonon increases, relatively to the longitudinal acoustical phonon, withincreasing Al concentration. 2004 artículo científico 0103-9733 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=46434230 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=464 Brazilian Journal of Physics application/pdf Sociedade Brasileira de Física Brazilian Journal of Physics (Brasil) Num.2A Vol.34
title Thermal expansion contribution to the temperature dependence of excitonic transitions in GaAs and AlGaAs
topic Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=46434230