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Inelastic light scattering in semiconductor heterostructures

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Resonant inelastic light scattering is used as a versatile tool for the investigation of semiconductor surfaces and interfaces. Phonon scattering spectra yield direct information on structure, surface orientation, and composition of semiconductor layers as thin as a few monolayers. “Forbidden” electric-field induced LO-phonon scattering in polar semiconductors leads to information on surface or interface barrier heights. The formation of semiconductor heterostructures is studied “in situ” for the GaAs/Ge system. Electronic Raman scattering is used widely to investigate subband energies and carrier concentrations in space charge layers at semiconductor interfaces as well as in superlattices.

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Abstreiter, G. (1984). Inelastic light scattering in semiconductor heterostructures. In: Grosse, P. (eds) Advances in Solid State Physics. Advances in Solid State Physics, vol 24. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0107454

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