Magneto-optical study on exciton screening in AlxGa1-xAs/InyGa1-yAs quantum wells

We have studied exciton unbinding in empty and p-doped quantum wells, using magnetophotoluminescence excitation measurements. The use of p-type quantum wells allows us to discriminate unambiguously between exciton bleaching by Coulomb screening and by the Pauli exclusion principle. We found that the...

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Hauptverfasser: Kemerink, Martijn (VerfasserIn) , Koenraad, Paulus M. (VerfasserIn) , Christianen, Peter (VerfasserIn) , Schaijk, Rob van (VerfasserIn) , Maan, Jan C. (VerfasserIn) , Wolter, Joachim H. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 15 August 1997
In: Physical review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics
Year: 1997, Jahrgang: 56, Heft: 8, Pages: 4853-4862
ISSN:1550-235X
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.56.4853
Online-Zugang:Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.56.4853
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Verfasserangaben:M. Kemerink and P.M. Koenraad, P.C.M. Christianen, R. van Schaijk, J.C. Maan, J.H. Wolter
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Zusammenfassung:We have studied exciton unbinding in empty and p-doped quantum wells, using magnetophotoluminescence excitation measurements. The use of p-type quantum wells allows us to discriminate unambiguously between exciton bleaching by Coulomb screening and by the Pauli exclusion principle. We found that the ground-state heavy-hole exciton, which experiences both effects, is unbound at hole densities in the range (6-9)×1015m−2. In contrast, the ground-state light-hole and first excited heavy-hole excitons, which are only screened by the Coulomb interaction, still have a finite binding energy at these densities. However, for both bands, its value is far below what is found in an undoped well. Furthermore, we found a strong indication that, in p-doped wells, the excitons of excited subbands are less efficiently screened than those of the light-hole ground state, due to the lesser overlap of the screening ground-state heavy holes with the excited subbands than with the ground-state light holes.
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ISSN:1550-235X
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.56.4853