In:
physica status solidi (b), Wiley, Vol. 247, No. 6 ( 2010-06), p. 1521-1527
Abstract:
We have shown recently that the magnetic properties of excitons change significantly as the excitons acquire kinetic energy. In particular, the exciton magnetic moments are enhanced considerably, whilst the diamagnetism decreases. The behaviour can be investigated through spectroscopic studies of excitons confined in quantum wells of large width (greater than five times the exciton Bohr radius) and these motion‐induced changes in the magnetic properties have now been observed for CdTe, ZnSe, ZnTe and GaAs. The present paper summarises these phenomena, with particular focus on CdTe and ZnSe, and shows that the changes can be accounted for by motion‐induced mixing between the exciton ground and higher lying states. The mixing is caused by the γ 3 term in the Luttinger Hamiltonian which describes the dispersion curves for the valence band and, as a result, the form of the exciton wavefunction becomes motion‐dependent. For both materials, excellent agreement is obtained between experiment and the results predicted by this mechanism.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0370-1972
,
1521-3951
DOI:
10.1002/pssb.200983167
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
2010
detail.hit.zdb_id:
208851-4
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1481096-7
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