Magnetoexciton dispersion in GaAs-(Ga,Al)As single and coupled quantum

Abstract

We discuss magnetoexcitons dispersion in single and coupled GaAs − (Ga, Al)As quantum wells using the Bethe-Salpeter (B-S) formalism. The B-S formalism in the case of quantum wells provides an equation for the exciton wave function which depends on two space variables plus the time variable, i.e. the B-S equation is 2 + 1-dimensional equation. We compare the results for magnetoexcitons dispersion, obtained in the LLL approximations with the results calculated by solving the exact B-S equation. It is shown that the exact B-S equation has an extra term (B-S term) that does not exist in the LLL approximation. Within the framework of the variational method, we obtain that, (i) the ground-state energy of a heavy-hole magnetoexciton with a zero wave vector in GaAs − (Ga, Al)As quantum wells, calculated by means of the exact B-S equation, is very close to the ground-state energy, obtained in the LLL approximation, (ii) in a strong perpendicular magnetic field the magnetoexciton dispersion (in-plane magnetoexciton mass) is determined mainly by the B-S term rather than the term that describes the electron-hole Coulomb interaction in the LLL approximation.