Abstract
Clear evidence for resonant tunnelling of electrons in a p-i-n quantum well modulator is provided by picosecond pump-and-probe electro-absorption measurements. The temperature-independent escape times show a drastic reduction when an electrical field is applied perpendicular to the wells, with a pronounced minimum at the field corresponding to the resonance between the n=1 electron level in one quantum well, and the n=2 electron level in the adjacent one. The authors' calculated field dependence of the electron tunnelling times proves that this behaviour is the signature of resonant tunnelling.
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