Untangling the Electronic Band Structure of Wurtzite GaAs Nanowires by Resonant Raman Spectroscopy
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Abstract
In semiconductor nanowires, the coexistence of wurtzite and zinc-blende phases enables the engineering of the electronic structure within a single material. This presupposes an exact knowledge of the band structure in the wurtzite phase. We demonstrate that resonant Raman scattering is a important tool to probe the electronic structure of novel materials. Exemplarily, we use this technique to elucidate the band structure of wurtzite GaAs at the Γ point. Within the experimental uncertainty we find that the free excitons at the edge of the wurtzite and the zinc-blende band gap exhibit equal energies. For the first time we show that the conduction band minimum in wurtzite GaAs is of Γ(7) symmetry, meaning a small effective mass. We further find evidence for a light-hole-heavy-hole splitting of 103 meV at 10 K.
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