Abstract
Optical spectra in quantum wells are in many cases strongly influenced by disorder. In particular, energy relaxation of correlated electron-hole pairs through disorder-induced localized states determines the position and shape of photoluminescence lines. By a Monte Carlo simulation approach the energy relaxation is studied and the temperature dependence of the spectral peak and the linewidth are determined for a variety of model systems in the steady-state situation.
- Received 15 June 1998
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.58.13081
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