Abstract
We present calculations of hole Landau levels, cyclotron masses, and far-infrared spectra for strained asymmetric p-type Ge- quantum wells in a perpendicular magnetic field in order to interpret recent experimental results by Engelhardt et al. [Solid State Electron. 37, 949 (1994)]. Self-consistent hole subband calculations are combined with calculations of the Landau levels using a 6×6 k⋅p Hamiltonian for the topmost and bulk valence bands. Our results are in very good agreement with the experimental data. Taking into account the coupling to the split-off band turns out to be important. The complex spectra of hole Landau levels in strained quantum wells remind one of the well known quantum resonance spectra of bulk p-type Ge under uniaxial stress. © 1996 The American Physical Society.
- Received 13 July 1995
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.53.10858
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