Energy resolved ultrafast relaxation dynamics close to the band edge of low-temperature grown GaAs

G. Segschneider, T. Dekorsy, H. Kurz, R. Hey, K. Ploog

Applied Physics Letters · 1997 · 40 citations · 13 references

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We investigate the relaxation dynamics of photogenerated carriers in low-temperature grown GaAs by femtosecond pump-probe measurements. The carrier dynamics in the vicinity of the band edge is disentangled in a two-color technique. The filling of shallow bound states close beneath the band edge is resolved. A temporal delay in the occupation of these states as well as a large optical nonlinearity points towards microscopic potential fluctuations forming these states.

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