title: Observation of phonon bottleneck in quantum dot electronic relaxation.
abstract: Time-resolved differential transmission measurements of self-assembled In0.4Ga0.6As quantum dots clearly indicate a phonon bottleneck between the n = 2 and n = 1 electronic levels. The key to this observation is the generation of electrons in dots where there are no holes so that electron-hole scattering does not mask the bottleneck. We use a simple carrier capture model consisting of two capture configurations to explain the bottleneck signal and offer arguments to rule out other possible sources of the signal.
authors.affiliation: Center for Ultrafast Optical Science and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2099, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Urayama
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Norris
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya