Electron and hole scattering in short-period 'IN'GA'AS'/'IN'P superlattices

Abstract

The combination of photoluminescence and magneto-transport measurements is used to study the single-particle relaxation time and the transport scattering time in short-period InGaAs/InP superlattices. Both the single-particle relaxation times of the electrons and of the holes were obtained in the same samples and were shown to be determined by the remote-impurity scattering. The transport scattering time for electrons was found to be dominated by the interface-roughness scattering with lateral length Λ=10 nmΛ=10 nm and height Δ = 0.13 nm. We also discuss the importance of multiple-scattering effects for small well widths and of alloy scattering for large well widths.