400 research outputs found
The role of excitons and trions on electron spin polarization in quantum wells
We have studied the time evolution of the electron spin polarization under
continuous photoexcitation in remotely n-doped semiconductor quantum wells. The
doped region allows us to get the necessary excess of free electrons to form
trions. We have considered electron resonant photoexcitation at free, exciton
and trion electron energy levels. Also, we have studied the relative effect of
photoexcitation energy density and doping concentration. In order to obtain the
two-dimensional density evolution of the different species, we have performed
dynamic calculations through the matrix density formalism. Our results indicate
that photoexcitation of free electron level leads to a higher spin
polarization. Also, we have found that increasing the photoexcitation energy or
diminishing the doping enhances spin polarization.Comment: 30 pages, 11 figures, 1 tabl
Nematic alignment of self-propelled particles: from particle to macroscopic dynamics
Starting from a particle model describing self-propelled particles interacting through nematic alignment, we derive a macroscopic model for the particle density and mean direction of motion. We first propose a mean-field kinetic model of the particle dynamics. After diffusive rescaling of the kinetic equation, we formally show that the distribution function converges to an equilibrium distribution in particle direction, whose local density and mean direction satisfies a cross-diffusion system. We show that the system is consistent with symmetries typical of a nematic material. The derivation is carried over by means of a Hilbert expansion. It requires the inversion of the linearized collision operator for which we show that the generalized collision invariants, a concept introduced to overcome the lack of momentum conservation of the system, plays a central role. This cross-diffusion system poses many new challenging questions
Negative lateral conductivity of hot electrons in a biased superlattice
Nonequilibrium electron distribution in a superlattice subjected to a
homogeneous electric field (biased superlattice with equipopulated levels) is
studied within the tight-binding approximation, taking into account the
scattering by optical and acoustic phonons and by lateral disorder. It is found
that the distribution versus the in-plane kinetic energy depends essentially on
the ratio between the Bloch energy and the optical phonon energy. The in-plane
conductivity is calculated for low-doped structures at temperatures 4.2 K and
20 K. The negative conductivity is found for bias voltages corresponding to the
Bloch-phonon resonance condition.Comment: 12 pages, 7 figure
Trion dynamics in coupled double quantum wells. Electron density effects
We have studied the coherent dynamics of injected electrons when they are
either free or bounded both in excitons and in trions (charged excitons). We
have considered a remotely doped asymmetric double quantum well where an excess
of free electrons and the direct created excitons generate trions. We have used
the matrix density formalism to analyze the electron dynamics for different
concentration of the three species. Calculations show a significant
modification of the free electron inter-sublevel oscillations cWe have studied
the coherent dynamics of injected electrons when they are aused by electrons
bound in excitons and trions. Based on the present calculations we propose a
method to detect trions through the emitted electromagnetic radiation or the
current density.Comment: 14 pages, 13 figure
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