The band structure, size quatized levels, and wave functions in the conduction and valence bands of strained n-Al$_{x}$Ga$_{1-x}$As/GaAs$_{y}$P$_{1-y}$/p-Al$_{x}$Ga$_{1-x}$As (y = 0.84) heterostructures are calculated numerically upon a uniaxial compression along the [110] direction. The calculation indicates a sublinear increase of the effective optical gap in the GaAs$_{0.84}$P$_{0.16}$ quantum well, strong mixing of states of light and heavy holes, and merging of the corresponding ground states in the quantum well of the valence band under a pressure of 4.5–5 kbar. The calculation of matrix elements of the electron-photon interaction operator for a system of possible interband transitions permits one to determine the optical gain for the TE and TM modes. The increase in this coefficient by two to fourfold under uniaxial compression agrees with the previously published experimental data on the increase of the electroluminescence intensity.
78.60.Fi Electroluminescence
78.67.De Quantum wells
$^1$Department of Low Temperatures and Superconductivity, Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
$^2$Department of Semiconductor Physics, Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia