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Effect of valence-band hybridization on the exciton spectra in GaAs-Ga1−xAlxAs quantum wells

    https://doi.org/10.1142/9789812793720_0018Cited by:0 (Source: Crossref)
    Abstract:

    An investigation is made into the effect of valence-band coupling on Wannier excitons in GaAs-Ga1−xAlxAs quantum wells with well widths ranging from 30 to 200 Å. The results of our calculation show that the effect is twofold. On the one hand, hole-subband nonparabolicity due to mixing of the heavy- (HH) and light-hole (LH) states causes an increase in the binding energies Eex, of both ground- and excited-state excitons; on the other hand, the different orbital behaviors of the spinor components of the excitonic wave function result in a decreased Eex of s-state excitons and an increased Eex of p- and d-state excitons. The former effect dominates in narrower wells and the latter effect dominates in wider wells. The two-band model is a good approximation for calculating Eex(HH1), but can cause a significant error in calculating Eex(LH1) in wider wells because of the stronger coupling between exciton states from different subbands.