RELAXATION OF EXCITONS IN CORRUGATED GAAS/ALAS SUPERLATTICES

被引:13
作者
JIANG, DS
ZHOU, XQ
OESTREICH, M
RUHLE, WW
NOTZEL, R
PLOOG, K
机构
[1] Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, D-70569 Stuttgart
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1994年 / 49卷 / 15期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.49.10786
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T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
We report time-resolved spectroscopy on exciton luminescence in low-dimensional systems. The reduction of dimensionality from two in quantum wells to one in corrugated superlattices can completely change the initial relaxation process. In the one-dimensional system exciton-phonon scattering is, even at high exciton densities, faster than exciton-exciton scattering since the latter is reduced whereas the former is enhanced if the final state falls into the singularity in the density of one-dimensional states.
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页码:10786 / 10789
页数:4
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