EXCITON DYNAMICS IN GAAS ALGAAS MULTIPLE QUANTUM-WELL STRUCTURES

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作者
OBERHAUSER, D
KALT, H
SCHLAPP, W
NICKEL, H
KLINGSHIRN, C
机构
[1] FORSCHUNGSINST DEUTSCH BUNDESPOST, W-6100 DARMSTADT, GERMANY
[2] MAX PLANCK INST FESTKORPERFORSCH, W-7000 STUTTGART 80, GERMANY
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10.1016/0022-2313(91)90226-L
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The negligible interface roughness in our GaAs/AlGaAs multiple quantum well structure (MQW) makes it possible to observe the luminescence of free heavy hole excitons. We get detailed information about relaxation and recombination processes of excitons in a MQW by the observation of the luminescence decay of free and donor-bound excitons with picosecond time resolution. Distinct deviations from an exponential decay can be attributed to the saturation of deep impurity levels, a slow cooling rate of the excitons and a delayed thermalization between various free and donor-bound exciton states.
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