Bm. Ashkinadze et al., Combined optical-microwave study of electron-exciton dynamic processes in undoped GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells, PHYS ST S-A, 178(1), 2000, pp. 107-111
Microwave radiation (36 GHz) absorption by photogenerated electrons is comb
ined with photoluminescence (PL and its excitation (PLE) spectra in order t
o study electron-exciton dynamics under low photoexcitation intensity in un
doped GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells. The excitation spectra of the photoinduced
microwave absorption (PMA) and the PLE spectra are modified with increasin
g the lattice temperature from 2 up to 80 K. The observed spectral variatio
ns are analyzed using a rate equations model that is based on the main gene
ration-recombination and dissociation processes governing the electron and
exciton dynamics. We find that the temperature dependence of the PMA excita
tion spectrum can be well accounted for by assuming both thermal and non-th
ermal, Auger-like exciton dissociation mechanisms. The model fitting yields
an estimate of the rate coefficients for the exciton formation and dissoci
ation processes.