From carriers and virtual excitons to exciton populations: Insights into time-resolved ARPES spectra from an exactly solvable model

Abstract

We calculate the {\em exact} time-resolved ARPES spectrum of a two-band model semiconductor driven out of equilibrium by resonant and nonresonant laser pulses, highlighting the effects of phonon-induced decoherence and relaxation. {\em Resonant} excitations initially yield a replica of the {\em valence} band shifted upward by the energy of the exciton peak in photoabsorption. This phase is eventually destroyed by phonon-induced decoherence: the valence-band replica lowers in energy by the Stokes shift, locating at the energy of the exciton peak in photoluminescence, and its width grows due to phonon dressing. {\em Nonresonant} excitations initially yield a map of the conduction band. Then electrons transfer their excess energy to the lattice and bind with the holes left behind to form excitons. In this relaxed regime a replica of the {\em conduction} band appears inside the gap. At fixed momentum the lineshape of the conduction-band replica versus the photoelectron energy is proportional to the exciton wavefunction in "energy space" and it is highly asymmetric. Although the two-band model represents an oversimplified description of real materials the highlighted features are qualitative in nature; hence they provide useful insights into time-resolved ARPES spectra and their physical interpretation.

14 pages, 3 figures

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