EXCITON IONIZATION IN A QUANTUM-WELL STUDIED BY SURFACE ACOUSTIC-WAVES

Citation
C. Rocke et al., EXCITON IONIZATION IN A QUANTUM-WELL STUDIED BY SURFACE ACOUSTIC-WAVES, Physical review. B, Condensed matter, 57(12), 1998, pp. 6850-6853
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
ISSN journal
01631829
Volume
57
Issue
12
Year of publication
1998
Pages
6850 - 6853
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-1829(1998)57:12<6850:EIIAQS>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Photogenerated excitons in a semiconductor quantum well are ionized by the strong lateral piezoelectric field of an intense surface acoustic wave. The ionization process is directly observed by the absorption o f a second sound wave probing the areal conductivity of the photogener ated charges. Above a certain threshold field strength of the pumping surface wave the neutral excitons are dissociated into electron-hole p airs, which is indicated by a sudden onset of absorption of the probe wave. By selectively tuning the energy of the exciting laser, the diss ociation of both quasi two-dimensional excitons in the quantum well as well as three-dimensional excitons in the barrier material can be obs erved.