Calculation of absorption coefficient of strained MBE-grown InGaAs/GaAs multiple quantum well by transmission spectroscopy
Abstract
The absorption coefficient of strained InGaAs/GaAs multiple quantum wells (MQW) was calculated from transmission measurement. Heavy hole and light hole splitting due to strain and quantum well confinement was observed. The allowed transition energies appeared as peaks in the absorption spectrum. By calculating the strain-dependent band gap, and the quantum well confinement energies at well width L = 110 Å, and mole fraction x = 0.2, the experimentally obtained transition energies are in good agreement with the calculated values.