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HL: Fachverband Halbleiterphysik
HL 37: Quantum Dots and Wires: Optical Properties III
HL 37.3: Talk
Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 10:00–10:15, H15
Remote pumping of self-assembled InGaAs Quantum Posts — •F. Knall1, S. Völk1, F. J. R. Schülein1, H. Kim2, T. A. Truong3, J. He3, P. M. Petroff3, A. Wixforth1, and H. J. Krenner1 — 1Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik I, Universität Augsburg, 86159 Augsburg, Germany — 2Physics Department, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara CA 93106, United States — 3Materials Department, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara CA 93106, United States
Oscillating electric fields in piezoelectric semiconductors such as GaAs can be induced by using surface acoustic waves (SAW). These fields modulate the band edges of a quantum well (QW) and thus, spatially separate excitons into electrons and holes, which propagate along the SAW direction. Therefore, recombination will be suppressed and the photogenerated charge carriers are transported to a quantum post (QP) located away from the point of excitation. The carriers relax into the confined states of the QP where they radiatively recombine. Using a spatially resolved detection we demonstrate remote pumping of individual QPs by the SAW. QPs are ideal candidates for acoustic charge conveyance driven single photon generation since they combine the superior optical quality of conventional self-assembled quantum dots and direct lateral embedding within a wide quantum well.