Low-temperature (T≈2 K) photoluminescence (PL) and
photoluminescence excitation (PLE) spectra of GaAs/AlGaAs
(x = 0.05) structures with shallow quantum wells (QWs) were
investigated. It was found that the PLE spectra exhibit a
number of broad bands in the above-barrier energy region; these
bands alternate `in opposite phases' in the spectra of free
excitons and excitonic complexes (trions) (i.e. an increase in
the exciton luminescence intensity is accompanied by a decrease
in the luminescence intensity of the complexes). Effects
originating from simultaneous irradiation of the sample by two
laser beams of different wavelengths were studied. In the case
where the photon energy of the Ti-sapphire laser is tuned to
excite only the QW states, additional pumping by a He-Ne or Ar-ion
laser results in the shift of the equilibrium in the
exciton-trion system towards an increase in the concentration of the
latter species. On the other hand, upon excitation into certain
barrier states with energies both below and above the barrier
bandgap, additional pump shifts the equilibrium in the
opposite direction.
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