Linewidth dependence of radiative exciton lifetimes in quantum wells

Abstract

The fundamental relationship between radiative lifetime and spectral linewidth of free excitons is demonstrated theoretically and experimentally for quasi 2D excitons in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells.Received 24 August 1987DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.59.2337©1987 American Physical Society