Radiative lifetime of resonantly excited excitons in quantum dots.

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作者
Ruhle, WW
Kurtenbach, A
Eberl, K
机构
[1] Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart, D-70569
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NUOVO CIMENTO DELLA SOCIETA ITALIANA DI FISICA D-CONDENSED MATTER ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND CHEMICAL PHYSICS FLUIDS PLASMAS BIOPHYSICS | 1995年 / 17卷 / 11-12期
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10.1007/BF02457202
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We report on the intrinsic radiative lifetime of excitons in InP quantum dots embedded in an In0.48Ga0.52 P matrix. This lifetime is about 400 ps as measured by time-resolved photoluminescence with resonant excitation of the ground states. It is independent of excitation density and temperature demonstrating the quantum dot nature of the InP islands and the strong localization of the excitons. Similar experiments on excitons localized by well width fluctuations in a GaAs quantum well reveal distinct differences: weakly localized excitons disappear with increasing density or temperature.
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