Photoluminescence of a high mobility 2DEG in the fractional quantum hall effect regime

D. Smirnov, V. V. Rudenkov, B. M. Ashkinadze, E. Cohen, P. C.M. Christianen, J. C. Maan, L. N. Pfeiffer

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Abstract

The magneto-PL spectra of modulation-doped, ultra-high mobility GaAs/AlGaAs single heterojunctions (HJs) were studied under a perpendicularly applied magnetic field up to 33 T and at temperatures of 0.3 and 1.2 K. The spectra show remarkable intensity redistribution between free (bulk) exciton and 2DEG-hole PL channels occurring at electron rilling factors, v = 2 and 1. At 0.3 K, significant 2DEG-hole PL spectral changes are observed near v =2/3 and 1/3. Several heterojunctions with 2DEG density in the range of n2D = (1 - 2.7) · 1011 cm-2 display similar features. These spectral peculiarities are attributed to the modification of the 2DEG energy spectrum caused by the e-e interaction, in particular, the recombination of valence hole with the composite (fractionally-charged) particles of the magnetized 2DEG. In HJs with lower n2D < 1011 cm -2, the observed PL evolution at v < 1 is mainly determined by an intensity redistribution between the σ+ and σ- circularly-polarized free exciton PL components. In this case, the exciton energy is lower than the energy of the 2DEG-hole system, so that the free excitons do not dissociate near the magnetized 2DEG and thus, the 2DEG-hole PL is barely observed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1455-1459
Number of pages5
JournalInternational Journal of Modern Physics B
Volume21
Issue number8-9
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 10 2007
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Condensed Matter Physics

Keywords

  • Fractional QHE
  • Photoluminescence
  • Two-dimensional electrons

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