Far-infrared emission from hot quasi-one-dimensional quantum wires in GaAs

M. Grayson, D. C. Tsui, M. Shayegan, K. Hirakawa, R. A. Ghanbari, Henry I. Smith

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Abstract

We have observed far-infrared radiation from an array of hot quasi-one-dimensional wires in GaAs. The wires have 6000 Å period with 3000 Å lithographic width. Spectroscopy of the infrared emission with a bolometer detector filtered by a magnetic field-tunable InSb cyclotron resonance wedge reveals: an intersubband plasmon resonance at 45 cm-1, and a measure of the resonance linewidth and electron temperature as a function of pulse current. The total intensity of the infrared signal yields a confirming measure of the temperature of the electrons, ranging from 6.0 to 12.1 K for currents of 40 nA to 2 μA per wire.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1564
Number of pages1
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume67
DOIs
StatePublished - 1995

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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