Electron-hole separation studies near the v=1 quantum Hall state in modulation-doped GaAs/(Al,Ga)as single heterojunctions in high magnetic fields

Yongmin Kim, F. M. Munteanu, C. H. Perry, D. G. Rickel, J. A. Simmons, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West

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Abstract

Magnetophotoluminescence (MPL) studies as a function of carrier concentration are reported for a series of very high mobility n-type modulation-doped GaAs/(Al,Ga)As single heterojunctions. The measurements were made in high magnetic fields to ∼60 T and at temperatures in the 0.4-2.1 K range. At low fields (v>2), the MPL recombination is dominated a free carrierlike excitonic transition as an energy close to the free exciton in bulk GaAs. The energy and intensity of this excitation undergoes Shubnikov-de Haas-type oscillations at even integer filling factors (v>2) with increasing field. At v=2-, an second strong exciton transition appears at a lower energy primarily in σ- polarization due to a spin ↑ electron recombining with a valence-band hole. It rapidly gains intensity between 2>v>1, but disappears at v= 1+. At v=1- another redshifted transition emerges that has been described as a recombination of an electron in an initial "free hole state." Its intensity in oσ- polarization increases and reaches a maximum between 1>v>1/3. Such behavior becomes more pronounced as the carrier density increases. The redshift at v=1 has been correlated with recent theoretical models describing the theory of photoluminescence of two-dimensional electron systems. It has been used to determine the electron-hole separation as a function of carrier concentration.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number195302
Pages (from-to)1953021-1953026
Number of pages6
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume64
Issue number19
StatePublished - Nov 15 2001
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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