Strong quantum coherence between Fermi liquid Mahan excitons

Paul, J.; Stevens, C. E.; Liu, C.; Dey, P.; McIntyre, C.; Turkowski, V.; Reno, J. L.; Hilton, D. J.; Karaiskaj, D.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.157401

Title: Strong quantum coherence between Fermi liquid Mahan excitons

Journal Article · Thu Apr 14 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.157401· OSTI ID:1263649

Paul, J. ^[1]; Stevens, C. E. ^[1]; Liu, C. ^[1]; Dey, P. ^[1]; McIntyre, C. ^[1]; Turkowski, V. ^[2]; Reno, J. L. ^[3]; Hilton, D. J. ^[4]; Karaiskaj, D. ^[1]

Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL (United States)
Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL (United States)
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham, AL (United States)

In modulation doped quantum wells, the excitons are formed as a result of the interactions of the charged holes with the electrons at the Fermi edge in the conduction band, leading to the so-called “Mahan excitons.” The binding energy of Mahan excitons is expected to be greatly reduced and any quantum coherence destroyed as a result of the screening and electron-electron interactions. Surprisingly, we observe strong quantum coherence between the heavy hole and light hole excitons. Such correlations are revealed by the dominating cross-diagonal peaks in both one-quantum and two-quantum two-dimensional Fourier transform spectra. Theoretical simulations based on the optical Bloch equations where many-body effects are included phenomenologically reproduce well the experimental spectra. Furthermore, time-dependent density functional theory calculations provide insight into the underlying physics and attribute the observed strong quantum coherence to a significantly reduced screening length and collective excitations of the many-electron system.

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000; FG02-07ER46354

OSTI ID:: 1263649

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1247446

Report Number(s):: SAND-2016-3243J; PRLTAO; 644876

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 116, Issue 15; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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