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Chinese Physics Letters

Storage of Photoexcited Electron—Hole Pairs in an AlAs／GaAs Heterostructure Created by Electron Transfer in Real and κ Spaces

彭进, 胡冰

Published Jan 1, 2002• 0 citations
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Abstract

The storage of photoexcited electron-hole pairs is experimentally carried out and theoretically realized by transferring electrons in both real and κ spaces through resonant Γ-X in and AlAs/GaAs heterostructure,This is proven by the peculiar capacitance jump and hysteresis in the measured capacitance-voltage curves.Our structure may be used as a photonic memory cell with a long storage time and a fast retrieval of photons as well.

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