Electron-hole correlation effects in the emission of light from quantum wires

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作者
Tassone, F [1 ]
Piermarocchi, C
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[1] Stanford Univ, Ginzton Lab, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[2] ERATO, Quantum Fluctuat Project, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
[3] Ecole Polytech Fed Lausanne, Inst Phys Theor, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.843
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We present a self-consistent treatment of the electron-hole correlations in optically excited quantum wires within the ladder approximation and using a contact potential interaction. The limitation of the ladder approximation to the excitonic low-density region is largely overcome by the introduction of higher-order correlations through self-consistency. We show the relevance of these correlations in the low-temperature emission, even for high density, when a large gain replaces the excitonic absorption.
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