A. Tackeuchi et al., BAND-GAP RENORMALIZATION AND EXCITONIC EFFECTS IN TUNNELING IN ASYMMETRIC DOUBLE-QUANTUM WELLS, JPN J A P 2, 34(5A), 1995, pp. 543-546
Tunneling in asymmetric double quantum wells is studied using time-res
olved photoluminescence. The photoluminescence lineshape and peak posi
tion of the narrow quantum well are strongly influenced by band-gap re
normalization caused by the tunneling carriers. Tunneling is quenched
in a field regime of +/- 10 kV/cm around the ground state resonance du
e to excitonic effects.