Mechanism of exciton emission ring pattern in doped quantum wells
We found that a novel optically-induced in-plane separation of plasmas of opposite charge is responsible for the large ring emission pattern around a laser excitation spot observed in modulation doped quantum well (QW) structures. The charge separation is a result of an interplay between the electri...
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| author | Rapaport, R Chen, G Snoke, D Simon, S Pfeiffer, L West, K Liu, Y Denev, S |
| author_facet | Rapaport, R Chen, G Snoke, D Simon, S Pfeiffer, L West, K Liu, Y Denev, S |
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| description | We found that a novel optically-induced in-plane separation of plasmas of opposite charge is responsible for the large ring emission pattern around a laser excitation spot observed in modulation doped quantum well (QW) structures. The charge separation is a result of an interplay between the electrical field applied perpendicular to the QW and the diffusion of optically generated carriers in the QW plane. Excitonic emission at the sharp boundary between the positive and negative charges forms the ring. The initially hot carriers that are generated optically, cool as they diffuse and are therefore cold before they recombine at the ring. Such separation of charges was only observed when the excitation energy is above the barrier height of the QW. The effect of the lower energy excitation is found to be dramatically different, resulting in a shrinkage and even a total collapse of an existing ring pattern. © 2004 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH and Co. KGaA, Weinheim. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:346b3348-ccf5-46de-8946-00f1af5b759b2022-03-26T13:25:48ZMechanism of exciton emission ring pattern in doped quantum wellsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:346b3348-ccf5-46de-8946-00f1af5b759bEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2004Rapaport, RChen, GSnoke, DSimon, SPfeiffer, LWest, KLiu, YDenev, SWe found that a novel optically-induced in-plane separation of plasmas of opposite charge is responsible for the large ring emission pattern around a laser excitation spot observed in modulation doped quantum well (QW) structures. The charge separation is a result of an interplay between the electrical field applied perpendicular to the QW and the diffusion of optically generated carriers in the QW plane. Excitonic emission at the sharp boundary between the positive and negative charges forms the ring. The initially hot carriers that are generated optically, cool as they diffuse and are therefore cold before they recombine at the ring. Such separation of charges was only observed when the excitation energy is above the barrier height of the QW. The effect of the lower energy excitation is found to be dramatically different, resulting in a shrinkage and even a total collapse of an existing ring pattern. © 2004 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH and Co. KGaA, Weinheim. |
| spellingShingle | Rapaport, R Chen, G Snoke, D Simon, S Pfeiffer, L West, K Liu, Y Denev, S Mechanism of exciton emission ring pattern in doped quantum wells |
| title | Mechanism of exciton emission ring pattern in doped quantum wells |
| title_full | Mechanism of exciton emission ring pattern in doped quantum wells |
| title_fullStr | Mechanism of exciton emission ring pattern in doped quantum wells |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mechanism of exciton emission ring pattern in doped quantum wells |
| title_short | Mechanism of exciton emission ring pattern in doped quantum wells |
| title_sort | mechanism of exciton emission ring pattern in doped quantum wells |
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