LOW-TEMPERATURE MAGNETOPHOTOLUMINESCENCE INVESTIGATIONS OF THE 2D HOLE SYSTEM IN P-TYPE GAAS-ALGAAS HETEROJUNCTIONS

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作者
DAVIES, AG
MITCHELL, EE
CLARK, RG
SIMMONDS, PE
SILVER, TM
RITCHIE, DA
FROST, JEF
PEPPER, M
JONES, GAC
机构
[1] UNIV CAMBRIDGE,CAVENDISH LAB,CAMBRIDGE CB3 0HE,ENGLAND
[2] UNIV WOLLONGONG,DEPT PHYS,WOLLONGONG,NSW 2500,AUSTRALIA
来源
PHYSICA B | 1994年 / 201卷
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10.1016/0921-4526(94)91123-1
中图分类号
O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号
070205 ;
摘要
Bandgap magneto-photoluminescence (PL) has been used to investigate the optical signature of high quality p-type GaAs-Al(x)Ga1-xAs single heterojunction samples in the quantum Hall effect (QHE) regime. The PL spectra show a series of sharp lines, with a number of bulk features attributed to free exciton emission and acceptor-related bound excitons evident. Significantly, however, one line within the complex PL spectrum, at slightly lower energy to the free exciton, becomes a dominant feature at low temperatures and has an intensity maximum which exhibits superlinear behaviour with excitation power that correlates with the nu = 1 QHE. This line is assigned to an excitonic process at the heterointerface reminiscent of 2D excited subband recombination in n-type structures.
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