Density dependent coupling of negatively charged excitons with confined photons in a GaAs/AlAs microcavity

R. Rapaport*, R. Harel, E. Cohen, Arza Ron, E. Linder, L. N. Pfeiffer

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Abstract

The negatively charged exciton (X-) is observed to strongly couple with the microcavity (MC)-confined photons in a GaAs quantum well containing a two-dimensional electron gas with 0<ne≤3×1010 cm-2. This strong coupling results in the formation of charged polaritons. The coupling strength is found to depend on √ne, in analogy to two-level atoms in a cavity. A model is suggested to explain this dependence. The analysis of the reflection and photoluminescence spectra shows that X- is strongly admixed with the neutral exciton (X) via their coupling with the MC-photons. The linewidth dependence on ne indicates that electron-polariton scattering is effective.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)481-487
Number of pages7
JournalPhysica Status Solidi (A) Applied Research
Volume178
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2000
Externally publishedYes
EventOptics of Excitons in Confined Systems (OECS-6) - Ascona, Switz
Duration: 30 Aug 19992 Sep 1999

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