Intersubband transitions of optically excited excitons in quantum wells

Rosana Rodrigues; Ralph A. Höpfel; Y. Iimura; T. Yasui; Y. Segawa; Y. Aoyagi; S. M. Goodnick

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Intersubband transitions of optically excited excitons in quantum wells

Rosana Rodrigues, Ralph A. Höpfel, Y. Iimura, T. Yasui, Y. Segawa, Y. Aoyagi, S. M. Goodnick

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We have experimentally studied the time-evolution of the exciton population in a higher subband of GaAs quantum wells, below the free carrier continuum. The lifetime of the exciton formed by an electron of the lowest subband and a heavy hole of the second subband in GaAs quantum wells is determined by time-resolved luminescence as 130 ± 20 ps. This result is consistent with theoretical estimations of intersubband scattering by acoustic phonon emission. The exciton lifetime in the second heavy-hole subband is considerably longer than reported values of the recombination time in the lowest exciton state at k = 0. The excitons in the higher subband at k = 0 can be excited selectively without exciting the lower subband at k > 0. From these findings we conclude that subband transitions of excitons in quantum wells represent a new appealing concept for optically pumped coherent sources in the meV range.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	395-403
Number of pages	9
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	1985
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.162799
State	Published - 1993
Externally published	Yes
Event	Physical Concepts and Materials for Novel Optoelectronic Device Applications II 1993 - Trieste, Italy Duration: May 23 1993 → May 28 1993

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