In 0.53 Ga 0.47 As/InP quantum wires have been investigated by cw high-excitation luminescence spectroscopy. Quantum-wire states up to the edge of the InP conduction band have been populated in the dense neutral electron-hole plasma. Up to three lateral subband transitions are clearly observed in the luminescence spectra. By using calculated line shapes, the temperature and the density of the e-h plasma as well as the band-gap reduction of the different lateral subbands have been determined. We observe a clear dependence of the renormalization on the subband index, which is traced to the density dependence of the exchange energy.
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