Abstract
Strong Fermi-edge singularities (FES) were observed in the magnetoluminescence spectra of As quantum wires. The distinct shift of spectral weight and peaks at the Fermi energy are strongly temperature dependent, broadening and diminishing in intensity by T=30 K. The FES features shifted diamagnetically in applied magnetic fields, indicative of excitonlike bound states, while the rest of the electron gas was Landau quantized giving also a measure of the typical electronic wire widths of ≊500 Å. While the FES effects in the As quantum wires are associated with spatially direct transitions, aided by hole localization, we have also observed related effects in GaAs, where a Schottky-gate bias is needed to induce the effect due to the dominantly spatially indirect nature of the transitions.
- Received 30 April 1993
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.48.4960
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