REDUCED EXCITON-EXCITON SCATTERING IN QUANTUM WIRES

被引:29
作者
OESTREICH, M
RUHLE, WW
LAGE, H
HEITMANN, D
PLOOG, K
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[1] Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, W-7000 Stuttgart 80
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.1682
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
A nonthermal, quasimonoenergetic exciton distribution is observed in time-resolved photoluminescence measurements up to 150 ps after excitation if a quantum wire is excited resonantly and with low excitation density of 10(2) cm-1. The scattering rate increases only slowly with increasing exciton density. This is the first evidence in optical experiments for strongly reduced exciton-exciton scattering rates in one-dimensional systems.
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页码:1682 / 1684
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