Nonlinear effects in microwave photoconductivity of two-dimensional electron systems

We present a model for microwave photoconductivity of two-dimensional electron systems in a magnetic field which describes the effects of strong microwave and steady-state electric fields. Using this model, we derive an analytical formula for the photoconductivity associated with photon- and multi-photon-assisted impurity scattering as a function of the frequency and power of microwave radiation. According to the developed model, the microwave conductivity is an oscillatory function of the frequency of microwave radiation and the cyclotron frequency which turns zero at the cyclotron resonance and its harmonics. It exhibits maxima and minima (with absolute negative conductivity) at the microwave frequencies somewhat different from the resonant frequencies. The calculated power dependence of the amplitude of the microwave photoconductivity oscillations exhibits pronounced sublinear behavior similar to a logarithmic function. The height of the microwave photoconductivity maxima and the depth of its minima are nonmonotonic functions of the electric field. It is pointed to the possibility of a strong widening of the maxima and minima due to a strong sensitivity of their parameters on the electric field and the presence of strong long-range electric-field fluctuations. The obtained dependences are consistent with the results of the experimental observations.Comment: 9 pages, 6 figures Labeling of the curves in Fig.3 correcte

MOCVD growth and characterisation of ZnS/ZnSe distributed Bragg reflectors and ZnCdSe/ZnSe heterostructures for green VCSEL

High reflectivity ZnS/ZnSe distributed Bragg reflectors (DBR) have been grown on GaAs(100) substrates using metallorganic chemical vapour deposition technique. It was found that the surface roughness, which limits the ZnS/ZnSe DBR mirror reflectivity, may be reduced using the interruption of chalcogen-contained flow before each successive layer growth. The DBR mirrors have been obtained with reflectivity as high as 99% and 94% at the wavelengths of 478 nm and 520 nm, respectively. The ZnCdSe/ZnSe QW structure grown on the ZnS/ZnSe DBR mirror manifests cathodoluminescence at room temperature whose intensity is an order of magnitude less than that of the similar structure grown on ZnSe buffer. Large lattice mismatch between ZnS and ZnSe layers results in high density of defects in ZnCdSe/ZnSe QW structures grown on. the DBR