Publication

Negatively charged excitons in CdTe-based quantum wells: A time-resolved study

Benoît Marie Joseph Deveaud, Jean-Daniel Ganière, Victoria Ciulin, Stefan Haacke
2001
Journal Articles

Abstract

Using time-resolved photoluminescence, we have investigated the radiative behavior of neutral and negatively charged excitons in CdTe-based quantum wells. We find that the photoluminescence of negatively charged excitons can be well reproduced by a model of delocalized and thermalized three-particle complexes. A large radiative zone in k-space results from the transfer of the charged exciton momentum to the remaining electron (recoil effect). On the other hand, the photoluminescence decay of excitons is not well described in the framework of a model of delocalized and thermalized excitons. We infer that the main difference between the behavior of neutral and charged excitons in the time domain stems from the large radiative zone of charged excitons.

Official source

https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/5ecadd6e-e84c-46d2-a490-fe2ca4553b4d

About this result

This page is automatically generated and may contain information that is not correct, complete, up-to-date, or relevant to your search query. The same applies to every other page on this website. Please make sure to verify the information with EPFL's official sources.

Graph Chat

Chat with Graph Search

Ask any question about EPFL courses, lectures, exercises, research, news, etc. or try the example questions below.

DISCLAIMER: The Graph Chatbot is not programmed to provide explicit or categorical answers to your questions. Rather, it transforms your questions into API requests that are distributed across the various IT services officially administered by EPFL. Its purpose is solely to collect and recommend relevant references to content that you can explore to help you answer your questions.

Benoît Marie Joseph Deveaud, Jean-Daniel Ganière, Victoria Ciulin, Stefan Haacke
2001
Journal Articles

Abstract

Official source

https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/5ecadd6e-e84c-46d2-a490-fe2ca4553b4d

About this result

Related concepts (32)

Exciton

An exciton is a bound state of an electron and an electron hole which are attracted to each other by the electrostatic Coulomb force. It is an electrically neutral quasiparticle that exists in insulators, semiconductors and some liquids. The exciton is regarded as an elementary excitation of condensed matter that can transport energy without transporting net electric charge. An exciton can form when a material absorbs a photon of higher energy than its bandgap. This excites an electron from the valence band into the conduction band.

Photoluminescence

Photoluminescence (abbreviated as PL) is light emission from any form of matter after the absorption of photons (electromagnetic radiation). It is one of many forms of luminescence (light emission) and is initiated by photoexcitation (i.e. photons that excite electrons to a higher energy level in an atom), hence the prefix photo-. Following excitation, various relaxation processes typically occur in which other photons are re-radiated.

Electron hole

In physics, chemistry, and electronic engineering, an electron hole (often simply called a hole) is a quasiparticle denoting the lack of an electron at a position where one could exist in an atom or atomic lattice. Since in a normal atom or crystal lattice the negative charge of the electrons is balanced by the positive charge of the atomic nuclei, the absence of an electron leaves a net positive charge at the hole's location. Holes in a metal or semiconductor crystal lattice can move through the lattice as electrons can, and act similarly to positively-charged particles.

Related publications (4)

Negatively charged excitons in CdTe-based quantum wells: A time-resolved study

Chat with Graph Search

Orbital-resolved imaging of coherent femtosecond exciton dynamics in coupled molecules

Generation of nonclassical photon states via free electron scattering

An improved hybrid electron model for global gyrokinetic simulations using the ORB5 PIC code