The excited spin-triplet state of a charged exciton in quantum dots

Abstract

We report on single-object spectroscopic studies of a characteristic set of three resonances which appear in GaAlAs/AlAs quantum dot structures. The experiments included the photoluminescence (PL) and photoluminescence excitation (PLE) spectroscopy, photon-correlation measurements, analysis of the linear polarization of the emission spectra as well as the PL and PLE spectroscopy performed as a function of magnetic field. The investigated resonances are assigned to three different states of a positively charged exciton: a singlet ground state, a conventional triplet state (involving an electron from the ground state electronic $s$-shell), and additionally, a highly excited triplet state (involving the electron from the excited electronic $p$-shell). Advantageously (due to partially suppressed relaxation efficiency), the emission due to the highly excited triplet can seen in the spectra which allows us to scrupulously determine its properties and compare them to those of the conventional triplet state. Whereas both triplet states show similar patterns of the fine structure and Zeeman splitting, the splitting amplitudes are found to be significantly different for these two states. The presented results emphasize the role of the symmetry of the electronic state on the properties of the triplet states of the two holes + electron excitonic complex.

arXiv comment6 pages, 5 figures

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