Magnetoexciton dispersion in GaAs-(Ga,Al)As single and coupled quantum
Abstract
We discuss magnetoexcitons dispersion in single and coupled quantum wells using the Bethe-Salpeter (B-S) formalism. The B-S formalism in the case of quantum wells provides an equation for the exciton wave function which depends on two space variables plus the time variable, i.e. the B-S equation is 2+1-dimensional equation. We compare the results for magnetoexcitons dispersion, obtained in the LLL approximations with the results calculated by solving the exact B-S equation. It is shown that the exact B-S equation has an extra term (B-S term) that does not exist in the LLL approximation. Within the framework of the variational method, we obtain that, (i) the ground-state energy of a heavy-hole magnetoexciton with a zero wave vector in quantum wells, calculated by means of the exact B-S equation, is very close to the ground-state energy, obtained in the LLL approximation, (ii) in a strong perpendicular magnetic field the magnetoexciton dispersion (in-plane magnetoexciton mass) is determined mainly by the B-S term rather than the term that describes the electron-hole Coulomb interaction in the LLL approximation.
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@article{arxiv.0811.1251,
title = {Magnetoexciton dispersion in GaAs-(Ga,Al)As single and coupled quantum},
author = {Z. G. Koinov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0811.1251},
year = {2008}
}