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Electrically tunable hole tunnelling from a single self-assembled quantum dot embedded in an n-i-Schottky photovoltaic cell

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Jonathan Mar

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Abstract

We perform excitation-intensity-dependent measurements of the neutral exciton (X⁰) photocurrent (PC) peak amplitude from a single InAs/GaAs self-assembled quantum dot (QD) embedded in the intrinsic region of an n-i-Schottky photodiode. Since resonant laser-excitation of the X⁰ transition cannot occur until the comparatively slow hole tunnels out of the QD, we observe a saturation of the PC peak amplitude towards high excitation-intensities, allowing us to determine the hole tunnelling time by fitting with an appropriate theoretical model. By repeating this measurement for a range of bias voltages, we obtain the hole tunnelling time as a function of vertical electric field, showing that it can be tuned by nearly two orders of magnitude. Finally, we find that the hole tunnelling rate can be described accurately by a theoretical model based on a Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin approximation to yield precise values for the QD height and hole confinement potential.

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Author(s): Mar JD, Xu XL, Baumberg JJ, Irvine AC, Stanley C, Williams DA

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Applied Physics Letters

Year: 2011

Volume: 99

Issue: 3

Online publication date: 18/07/2011

Date deposited: 15/06/2020

ISSN (print): 0003-6951

ISSN (electronic): 1077-3118

Publisher: AIP Publishing LLC

URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3614418

DOI: 10.1063/1.3614418

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