Model study of inhomogeneous line broadening in excitonic spectra of quantum wells

An approach is proposed to estimate separately parameters of homogeneous and inhomogeneous broadenings from an optical reflection line of a quasi-2D exciton. A phenomenological model is proposed to take into account statistically an inhomogeneous broadening of the exciton resonant spectra. The concept is applied to study a modulation-doped heterostructures with a single quantum well CdTe/CdMgTe. From exciton reflection lines taken in a magnetic field the temperature-dependent homogeneous and inhomogeneous broadening parameters as well as the exciton radiative decay rate are measured. PACS numbers: 78.20.Ci, 78.66.-w.