PL Spectra and Hot Charge Carrier Phenomena in an Undoped GaAs/AlGaAs Tunnel-Coupled Quantum Well

Abstract

In this research, we experimentally investigated the photoluminescence (PL) spectra of an undoped GaAs/Al0.36Ga0.64As Tunnel-Coupled Quantum Well (TCQW) at 300 K and 77 K. At 300 K, PL spectra were broadened at various laser intensities due to the characteristic quantum-confinement electron levels in the active region of the TCQW during pumping excitation. At 77 K, at selected excitation intensities, the high-energy tails in the PL spectra of the studied structure corresponded with hot electron temperatures as functions of the energy of emitted photons. The average scattering energy rate of hot electrons in the system was also studied at a lattice temperature of 77 K. The average scattering energy rate of hot electrons obtained from this experimental study was in agreement with the calculated theoretical value.