Direct and indirect magnetoexcitons in symmetric InxGa1xAs/GaAs coupled quantum wells

L. V. Butov, A. Zrenner, G. Abstreiter, A. V. Petinova, and K. Eberl
Phys. Rev. B 52, 12153 – Published 15 October 1995
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Abstract

Spatially direct (intrawell) and indirect (interwell) excitons in symmetric InxGa1xAs/GaAs coupled quantum wells were studied by photoluminescence and photoluminescence excitation spectroscopy at magnetic fields B≤14 T. The regimes of zero and high electric fields in the growth direction as well as the transition between them were examined. The magnetic field changes the ratio between the one-particle symmetric-antisymmetric splittings and the exciton binding energies. This was found to result in a strong influence on the energies and oscillator strengths of the optical transitions both at zero and finite electric fields. The direct-indirect exciton crossover under applied electric field was found to be markedly modified by the magnetic field due to the increase of the exciton binding energy.

  • Received 12 April 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.52.12153

©1995 American Physical Society

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L. V. Butov

  • Walter Schottky Institut, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
  • Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142432 Chernogolovka, Moscow District, Russia

A. Zrenner and G. Abstreiter

  • Walter Schottky Institut, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany

A. V. Petinova

  • Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142432 Chernogolovka, Moscow District, Russia

K. Eberl

  • Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany

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Vol. 52, Iss. 16 — 15 October 1995

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