Unintentional high density p-type modulation doping of a GaAs/AlAs   core-multi-shell nanowire
  Achieving significant doping in GaAs/AlAs core/shell nanowires (NWs) is of considerable technological importance but remains a challenge due to the amphoteric behavior of the dopant atoms. Here we show that placing a narrow GaAs quantum well in the AlAs shell effectively getters residual carbon acceptors leading to an \emph{unintentional} p-type doping. Magneto-optical studies of such a GaAs/AlAs core multi-shell NW reveal quantum confined emission. Theoretical calculations of NW electronic structure confirm quantum confinement of carriers at the core/shell interface due to the presence of ionized carbon acceptors in the 1~nm GaAs layer in the shell. Micro-photoluminescence in high magnetic field shows a clear signature of avoided crossings of the $n=0$ Landau level emission line with the $n=2$ Landau level TO phonon replica. The coupling is caused by the resonant hole-phonon interaction, which points to a large 2D hole density in the structure. 
J. Jadczak, P. Plochocka, A. Mitioglu, I. Breslavetz, M. Royo, A.   Bertoni, G. Goldoni, T. Smolenski, P. Kossacki, Hadas Sh...
cond-mat.mes-hall cond-mat.mtrl-sci