Abstract
We have observed a sharp reduction of the photoluminescence linewidth from a two-dimensional exciton system (coupled GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells), at a certain critical temperature () and under the influence of an electric field. We attribute this narrowing to a phase transition of the exciton system into an ordered state. The experiments suggest that a coherence length long enough to wash out the effect of the fluctuations, which cause the line broadening, is introduced below .
- Received 2 April 1990
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.3066
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