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Optically induced current bistability in coupled quantum wells

Ramamurthi, Anand V and Srinivas, Vivek and Hegde, GM (1997) Optically induced current bistability in coupled quantum wells. In: Applied Physics Letters, 71 (21). pp. 3117-3119.

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Abstract

We report the observation of bistability in the photocurrent and photoluminescence spectra of GaAs quantum well heterostructures. The excitation energy is nonresonant and above the band-gap energy of the barrier. A self-consistent calculation taking into account the rate equations governing the charge distribution in the wells is shown to result in the observed bistability which leads to a new class of optically bistable devices.

Item Type: Journal Article
Publication: Applied Physics Letters
Publisher: AIP
Additional Information: Copyright of this article belongs to AIP.
Department/Centre: Division of Electrical Sciences > Electrical Communication Engineering
Date Deposited: 23 Jan 2007
Last Modified: 19 Sep 2010 04:34
URI: http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/9591

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