EXCITON DYNAMICS IN A GAAS QUANTUM-WELL

被引:54
作者
ECCLESTON, R
STROBEL, R
RUHLE, WW
KUHL, J
FEUERBACHER, BF
PLOOG, K
机构
[1] Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, 7000 Stuttgart 80
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1991年 / 44卷 / 03期
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevB.44.1395
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Time-resolved luminescence measurements in a 27-nm GaAs quantum well show that the initial temperature of the photocreated exciton distribution is determined by the excess energy of the excitation photon. Light-hole excitons lying in the band gap transfer to heavy-hole exciton states by density-dependent exciton-exciton scattering. For excitation close to the band edge, excitons cool only via LA-phonon emission. The time-resolved luminescence profile is modeled by evaluating the LA-phonon energy-loss rate.
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页码:1395 / 1398
页数:4
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