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Light- and Heavy-Hole Bound Exciton Transitions and Free to Bound Transitions in GaxAl1-xAs/GaAs Quantum Wells

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

Donald C. Reynolds  and
K.K. Bajaj
Donald C. Reynolds
Affiliation:
Electronic Technology Laboratory, Wright Research and Development Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH 45433
K.K. Bajaj
Affiliation:
Arizona State Univeristy, Tempe, AZ 86443
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Abstract

Excitons bound to neutral donors in AlxGa1-xAs/GaAs quantum wells were observed by high resolution resonant excitation photoluminescence, and temperature dependent photoluminescence measurements. Changes in the binding energy of excitons are observed when the donors are located in the center of the well, at the edge of the well, or in the center of the barrier. The variations in these binding energies are reported as a function of well size from 75–350Å. The binding energies increased as the well size was reduced to about 100Å, with further reductions in well size they decreased.

Light-hole free excitons bound to neutral donors were observed in AlxGa1-xAs/GaAs quantum wells. The transitions were observed, using selective excitation photoluminescence spectroscopy, in the energy region between the light-hole and heavy-hole free exciton transitions where no other intrinsic transitions exist. The neutral donor-bound heavy-hole free-exciton transitions were also observed when the light-hole bound exciton transitions were observed. Quantum well structures which showed no evidence of a heavy-hole donor bound exciton also showed no evidence of a light-hole donor bound exciton.

Free to bound transitions, free hole to bound electron, have also been observed in the AlxGa1-xAs/GaAs quantum wells. The diamagnetic shift of these transitions was used to distinguish them from excitonic transitions.

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