Fermi-energy-edge singularity in quantum wells containing more than one occupied subband

MS Skolnick, DM Whittaker, PE Simmonds, TA Fisher, MK Saker, JM Rorison, RS Smith, PB Kirby, CRH White

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Abstract

A study of the Fermi-energy-edge singularity in asymmetric modulation-doped quantum wells is reported. It is shown that high densities of free carriers in filled n=1 electron subbands have no significant influence on the edge singularity in partly occupied n=2 subbands, demonstrating the weakness of intersubband Coulomb-scattering processes. The enhancement of oscillator strength at the Fermi energy is of very similar magnitude to that for excitonic transitions in undoped quantum wells
Translated title of the contributionFermi-energy-edge singularity in quantum wells containing more than one occupied subband
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7354 - 7357
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review B: Condensed Matter
Volume43 (9)
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 1991

Research Groups and Themes

  • Photonics and Quantum

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