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Excitonic corrections and band gap renormalization in quantum wires

Elyahou Kapon, Benoît Marie Joseph Deveaud, Daniel Oberli
1999
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Abstract

We present a theoretical analysis of experimental photoluminescence spectra in highly excited semiconductor quantum wires. We show that the inclusion in the theory of electron-hole correlations strongly modifies the shape of emission spectra at any density. We discuss the role of these correlations in the evaluation of the band gap renormalization. The calculated energy- and density-dependence of the broadening agree qualitatively with the experimental results. The broadening is also comparable in magnitude to the band gap renormalization, implying the relevance of a combined self-consistent calculation of the two. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Elyahou Kapon, Benoît Marie Joseph Deveaud, Daniel Oberli
1999
Journal Articles

Abstract

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/679bdf2d-8cfb-40cf-8a48-105a023681f9

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