Photoluminescence from fractional quantum Hall systems: Role of separation between electron and hole layers

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2000-07-12

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0007216v1

Phys. Rev. B 63, 045304 (2001)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

12 pages, 5 figures, submitted to PRB

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.63.045304

The photoluminescence (PL) spectrum of a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) in the fractional quantum Hall regime is studied as a function of the separation $d$ between the electron and valence hole layers. The abrupt change in the response of the 2DEG to the optically injected hole at $d$ of the order of the magnetic length $\lambda$ results in a complete reconstruction of the PL spectrum. At $d<\lambda$, the hole binds one or two electrons to form neutral ($X$) or charged ($X^-$) excitons, and the PL spectrum probes the lifetimes and binding energies of these states rather than the original correlations of the 2DEG. At $d>2\lambda$, depending on the filling factor $\nu$, the hole either decouples from the 2DEG to form an ``uncorrelated'' state $h$ or binds one or two Laughlin quasielectrons (QE) to form fractionally charged excitons $h$QE or $h$QE$_2$. The strict optical selection rules for bound states are formulated, and the only optically active ones turn out to be $h$, $h$QE* (an excited state of the dark $h$QE), and $h$QE$_2$. The ``anyon exciton'' $h$QE$_3$ suggested in earlier studies is neither stable nor radiative at any value of $d$. The critical dependence of the stability of different states on the presence of QE's in the 2DEG explains the observed anomalies in the PL spectrum at $\nu={1\over3}$ and ${2\over3}$.

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