We have investigated the interband electron transitions in a GaNAs/GaAs sin
gle quantum well (QW) by photoluminescence and absorption spectra. The expe
rimental results show that the dominant photoluminescence at low temperatur
e and high excitation intensity originates from transitions within the GaNA
s layer. The interband transition energy for QWs with different well widths
can be well fitted if a type-II band line up of GaNAs/GaAs QWs is assumed.
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