Dynamics of exciton transfer between the bound and the continuum states in GaAs-AlxGa1−xAs multiple quantum wells

Autor: E. X. Ping, Hongxing Jiang, P. Zhou, Jingyu Lin
Rok vydání: 1990
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Zdroj: Physical Review B. 41:12949-12952
ISSN: 1095-3795
0163-1829
Popis: Experimentally observed two-exponential decay of excitonic transitions in GaAs-${\mathrm{Al}}_{\mathit{x}}$${\mathrm{Ga}}_{1\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}\mathit{x}}$As multiple quantum wells has been successfully interpreted in terms of the exciton transfer between the continuum (free carriers) and the bound states. The calculation results obtained from this exciton-transfer model are in excellent agreement with experimental observations. The rates of the exciton transfer and the free-carrier recombination have been obtained. We have demonstrated that the emission-energy dependence of the decay time constant of the slower decay component is caused by the variation in exciton binding energy induced by interface roughness in the quantum wells.
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