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Ultrafast Photodetection in the Quantum Wells of Single AlGaAs/GaAs-Based Nanowires

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† †Walter Schottky Institut and Physik-Department and ∥Institute for Advanced Study, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
‡ Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM), Schellingstr. 4, D-80799 München, Germany
§ Institute of Physics, Universität Augsburg, Universitätsstr. 1, D-86135 Augsburg, Germany
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Cite this: Nano Lett. 2015, 15, 10, 6869–6874
Publication Date (Web):September 10, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b02766
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    We investigate the ultrafast optoelectronic properties of single Al0.3Ga0.7As/GaAs core–shell nanowires. The nanowires contain GaAs-based quantum wells. For a resonant excitation of the quantum wells, we find a picosecond photocurrent which is consistent with an ultrafast lateral expansion of the photogenerated charge carriers. This Dember-effect does not occur for an excitation of the GaAs-based core of the nanowires. Instead, the core exhibits an ultrafast displacement current and a photothermoelectric current at the metal Schottky contacts. Our results uncover the optoelectronic dynamics in semiconductor core–shell nanowires comprising quantum wells, and they demonstrate the possibility to use the low-dimensional quantum well states therein for ultrafast photoswitches and photodetectors.

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    • Nanowire growth parameters; energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy on a GaAs QW nanowire; time-integrated photocurrent measurement and structure of a contacted GaAs QW nanowire; thermionic emission and tunneling from the QW into the core through the AlGaAs barrier (PDF)

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