In-well screening of the piezoelectric field by photogenerated carriers in <111〉 CdTe/CdMnTe quantum wells

E. Vanelle (1) , D. Block (1) , Joel Cibert (1) , R. Romestain (1) , Antigoni Alexandrou (2) , J.-P. Linkforman (2)

1 LSP - Laboratoire de Spectrométrie Physique
2 LOA - Laboratoire d'optique appliquée

Ultrafast in-well screening was performed on the piezoelectric field in CdTe/CdMnTe quantum wells and multiple quantum wells, and the results were explained by modeling. Modeling also allowed the determination of the parameters which have to be optimized to obtain a room-temperature all-optics switch or modulator.

Domains: Physics [physics]

E. Vanelle, D. Block, Joel Cibert, R. Romestain, Antigoni Alexandrou, et al.. In-well screening of the piezoelectric field by photogenerated carriers in <111〉 CdTe/CdMnTe quantum wells. Superlattices and Microstructures, 2000, 27 (4), pp.265. ⟨10.1006/spmi.1996.0234⟩. ⟨hal-00837018⟩