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We study the polarization response of the emission from type-II GaAsSb capped InAs quantum dots. The theoretical prediction based on the calculations of the overlap integrals of the single-particle states obtained in the k.p framework is given. This is verified experimentally by polarization resolved photoluminescence measurements on samples with the type-II confinement. We show that the polarization anisotropy might be utilized to find the vertical position of the hole wavefunction and its orientation with respect to crystallographic axes of the sample. A proposition for usage in the information technology as a room temperature photonic gate operating at the communication wavelengths as well as a simple model to estimate the energy of fine-structure splitting for type-II GaAsSb capped InAs QDs are given

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We report observation of superlinear electroluminescence in nanoheterostructures based on GaSb with a deep narrow Al(As)Sb/InAsSb/Al(As)Sb quantum well in the active region, grown by metal organic vapor phase epitaxy. Electroluminescent spectra were obtained for different driving currents at temperatures of 77 and 300 K. It is shown that such structure exhibits superlinear dependence of optical power on the drive current and its increase of 2-3 times. This occurs due to impact ionization in Al(As)Sb/InAsSb quantum well in which a large band offset at the interface DEc=1.27 eV exceeds ionization threshold energy for electrons in the narrow-gap well. Calculation of the size quantization energy levels is presented, and possible cases of impact ionization, depending on the band offset DEc at the interface and on the quantum well width, are considered. This effect can be used to increase quantum efficiency and optical power of light emitting devices (LEDs, lasers), as well as for photovoltaic elements.