Density and well width dependences of the effective mass of two-dimensional holes in (100) GaAs quantum wells measured using cyclotron resonance at microwave frequencies

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Abstract

Cyclotron resonance at microwave frequencies is used to measure the band mass (mb) of the two-dimensional holes (2DHs) in carbon-doped (100) GaAs/ AlxGa1-xAs heterostructures. The measured mb shows strong dependences on both the 2DH density (p) and the GaAs quantum well width (W). For a fixed W, in the density range (0.4×1011 to 1.1×1011 cm-2) studied here, mb increases with p, consistently with previous studies of the 2DHs on the (311)A surface. For a fixed p = 1.1 × 1011 cm- 2, mb increases from 0.22 me at W = 10 nm to 0.50 me at W = 30 nm, and saturates around 0.51 me for W > 30 nm.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)510-513
Number of pages4
JournalSolid State Communications
Volume141
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2007

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Chemistry
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Materials Chemistry

Keywords

  • A. Semiconductors
  • D. Cyclotron resonance

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