Multiple resonances involving magnetoexcitons in a GaAs/Al0.30Ga0.70As quantum well

M. Bayer, T. L. Reinecke, S. N. Walck, V. B. Timofeev, and A. Forchel
Phys. Rev. B 58, 9648 – Published 15 October 1998
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Abstract

The excitonic states in an undoped GaAs/Al0.30Ga0.70As single quantum well have been studied by magneto-photoluminescence excitation spectroscopy at T=4.2 K. A series of regularly spaced steplike features is observed in the magnetic field dispersions of the transition energies of the excited heavy-hole excitons nshh,n=2,3,4. Correspondingly, the splitting between the two circular polarizations of the 2shh exciton shows pronounced oscillations as a function of magnetic field. We suggest that these features originate from the coupling of the transition between the ground state 1shh exciton and each of the excited states of the exciton with another excitation in the system. The energy difference between the features, which is about 7.5 meV, suggests that the excitation may be a transverse acoustic phonon with nonzero wave number near the zone boundary.

  • Received 15 January 1998

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.58.9648

©1998 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

M. Bayer

  • Technische Physik, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany

T. L. Reinecke

  • Technische Physik, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany
  • Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375

S. N. Walck

  • Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375

V. B. Timofeev

  • Technische Physik, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany
  • Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142432 Chernogolovka, Russia

A. Forchel

  • Technische Physik, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany

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Vol. 58, Iss. 15 — 15 October 1998

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