EXCITON UNBINDING IN A CONFINED FERMI SEA

被引:13
作者
BAUER, GEW
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[1] Philips Research Laboratories, 5600 JA Eindhoven
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10.1016/0038-1098(91)90275-Z
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
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An exciton is predicted to unbind abruptly in a fermion gas which exceeds a critical density. The transition should be observable in terms of a sudden red shift of a few meV in the photoluminescence of high-mobility n-type modulation-doped GaAs/Al(x)Ga1-xAs quantum wells at electron densities of about 10(11) cm-2. Slightly above the critical density, the application of a magnetic field causes a reentrant exciton binding/unbinding phenomenon.
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页码:163 / 166
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