Fermi-edge singularities in AlxGa1-xAs quantum wells: extrinsic versus many-body scattering processes

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 852-855

  Melin T ^a,b   Laruelle, F ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT D ELECTRONIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; ELECTRONS; FERMI SURFACE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE;

COULOMB SCATTERING; FERMI EDGE SINGULARITIES; INTERSUBBAND COUPLINGS; MANY BODY SCATTERING PROCESSES; POSITIVELY CHARGED ELECTRONIC VACANCY;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 12944288301     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.852     Document Type: Article

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