Microscopic Theory of Excitonic Signatures in Semiconductor Photoluminescence
- 12 October 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 81 (15), 3263-3266
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.81.3263
Abstract
Luminescence in a quantum well is studied theoretically using a consistent quantum description of light interacting with Coulomb correlated carriers. The buildup of excitonic luminescence during the plasma cooling process is analyzed for an initially hot electron-hole plasma.Keywords
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