Internal electron-electron interactions in one-dimensional systems detected by Raman spectroscopy

Abstract

We have investigated experimentally and theoretically electronic Raman excitations in GaAs-${\mathrm{Al}}_{\mathit{x}}$${\mathrm{Ga}}_{1\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}\mathit{x}}$As quantum wires in magnetic fields. In both the experiments and the calculations we find strong anticrossings of the observed confined magnetoplasmon modes in the vicinity of 2${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\omega}}}_{\mathit{c}}$, where ${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\omega}}}_{\mathit{c}}$ is the cyclotron-resonance frequency. The observed splittings and anticrossings arise from internal Coulomb interaction in the one-dimensional electron systems and is found to depend sensitively not only on the wave vector but also on the shape of the confining potential and the mode index of the confined plasmon mode. \textcopyright{} 1996 The American Physical Society.