We present the results of a detailed time-resolved luminescence study carried out on a very high quality InGaAs quantum well sample where the contributions at the energy of the exciton and at the band edge can be clearly separated. We perform this experiment with a spectral resolution and a sensitivity of the setup, allowing us to keep the observation of these two separate contributions over a broad range of times and densities. This allows us to directly evidence the exciton formation time, which depends on the density as expected from theory. We also denote the dominant contribution of excitons to the luminescence signal, and the lack of thermodynamical equilibrium at low densities.
Titre
Determination of the exciton formation in quantum wells from time-resolved interband luminescence
Publié dans
Physical Review Letters
Volume
93
Numéro
13
Pages
137401
Date
2004
Editeur
American Physical Society
ISSN
0031-9007
Note
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Date de création de la notice
2007-08-31