Interaction between excitons and 2DEG Landau levels in modulation doped GaAs/AlGaAs heterojunctions

Yulia Preezant, A. Gabbay, A. A. Eitan, B. M. Ashkinadze, E. Cohen, L. N. Pfeiffer

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Abstract

The reflection and photoluminescence spectra of n-type, modulation-doped GaAs/AlxGa1-xAs wide quantum wells (QW) and heterojunctions (HJ) were studied at T = 2K and under a perpendicularly applied magnetic field. The spectra show two groups of very sharp lines that originate in two types of excitations: excitons, whose center of mass motion is quantized, and interband Landau transitions of the 2DEG, that is confined to the QW edges. Abrupt energy and intensity variations of both types of lines are observed at filling factors v = 1,2 of the 2DEG. These variations are interpreted in terms of an interaction between excitations that are spatially confined in separate parts of the wide QW (or HJ). It leads to energy level splittings and increased exciton dissociation by the magnetized 2DEG layer.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationPhysics of Semiconductors - 28th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, ICPS 2006, Part A and B
Pages415-416
Number of pages2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes
Event28th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, ICPS 2006 - Vienna, Austria
Duration: Jul 24 2006Jul 28 2006

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume893
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Other

Other28th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, ICPS 2006
Country/TerritoryAustria
CityVienna
Period7/24/067/28/06

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

Keywords

  • Electron gas
  • Exciton
  • Heterojunction
  • Landau levels

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