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Homogeneous linewidth of excitons in semimagnetic CdTe/Cd1−xMnxTe multiple quantum wells
- Source :
- Physical Review B. 48:2847-2850
- Publication Year :
- 1993
- Publisher :
- American Physical Society (APS), 1993.
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Abstract
- We report on a detailed experimental study of the homogeneous linewidth of heavy-hole excitons in semimagnetic CdTe/${\mathrm{Cd}}_{1\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}\mathit{x}}$${\mathrm{Mn}}_{\mathit{x}}$Te multiple quantum wells. Transient four-wave-mixing experiments are used to obtain the homogeneous linewidth by measuring the dephasing time of the excitons. We find a dephasing time of 2.2 ps corresponding to a homogeneous linewidth of 0.6 meV at low temperature and moderate exciton density. The homogeneous linewidth increases linearly with both exciton density and lattice temperature. The contributions of exciton\char21{}acoustic-phonon scattering, exciton-exciton interaction, and disorder to the homogeneous linewidth are determined.
- Subjects :
- Condensed Matter::Quantum Gases
Photoluminescence
Materials science
Condensed matter physics
Condensed Matter::Other
Scattering
Dephasing
Exciton
Magnetic semiconductor
Condensed Matter::Mesoscopic Systems and Quantum Hall Effect
Cadmium telluride photovoltaics
Condensed Matter::Materials Science
Laser linewidth
Quantum well
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Details
- ISSN :
- 10953795 and 01631829
- Volume :
- 48
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Physical Review B
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........29b94aae63cf5ab279a2ef2e62a1b759