Impurity bound-to-unbound terahertz sensors based on beryllium and silicon δ -doped GaAs/AlAs multiple quantum wells

D. Seliuta, J. Kavaliauskas, B. Čechavičius, S. Balakauskas, G. Valušis, B. Sherliker, M. P. Halsall, P. Harrison, M. Lachab, S. P. Khanna, E. H. Linfield

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Abstract

Beryllium and silicon δ -doped GaAs/AlAs multiple quantum wells (MQWs) were designed and fabricated for selective sensing of terahertz radiation. Optical characterization of the structures by photoreflectance spectroscopy has indicated a presence of built-in electric fields-from 18 up to 49 kVcm depending on the structure design-located mainly in the cap and buffer layers, but do not penetrating into the MQWs region. Terahertz sensing under normal incidence via impurity bound-to-unbound transitions is demonstrated in photocurrent experiments within 0.6-4.2 THz in silicon-doped MQWs and 3.5-7.3 THz range in beryllium-doped MQWs at low temperatures.

Original languageEnglish
Article number053503
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume92
Issue number5
Early online date4 Feb 2008
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Feb 2008
Externally publishedYes

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