LINEAR AND CIRCULAR POLARIZATIONS OF EXCITON LUMINESCENCE IN GAAS/ALXGA1-XAS QUANTUM-WELLS

被引:11
作者
FROMMER, A [1 ]
COHEN, E [1 ]
RON, A [1 ]
PFEIFFER, LN [1 ]
机构
[1] AT&T BELL LABS,MURRAY HILL,NJ 07974
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1993年 / 48卷 / 04期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.48.2803
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
The cw, linearly and circularly polarized photoluminescence excitation spectra (P(lin) and P(cir)), are studied for (e1:hh1) excitons of undoped GaAs/AlxGa1-xAs quantum wells. Monitoring in the high-energy range of the luminescence, pronounced 1S and 2S polarization-preserving bands are observed. They are shown to be due to LA-phonon-assisted relaxation of delocalized excitons. For the low-energy range P(lin) is similar to 0 and a circular polarization reversal is observed, resulting from exciton-exciton scattering.
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页码:2803 / 2806
页数:4
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