Quantum Hall signatures of dipolar Mahan excitons

• Published in: Physical review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics Vol. 87; no. 4
• Main Authors: Schinner, G. J., Repp, J., Kowalik-Seidl, K., Schubert, E., Stallhofer, M. P., Rai, A. K., Reuter, D., Wieck, A. D., Govorov, A. O., Holleitner, A. W., Kotthaus, J. P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 17-01-2013
• Subjects: Condensed matter; Diodes; Excitons; Magnetic fields; Quantum Hall effect; Quantum wells; Signatures; Two dimensional
• ISSN: 1098-0121; 1550-235X
• DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.041303

We explore the photoluminescence of spatially indirect, dipolar Mahan excitons in a gated double quantum well diode containing a mesoscopic electrostatic trap for neutral dipolar excitons at low temperatures down to 250 mK and in quantizing magnetic fields. Mahan excitons in the surrounding of the trap, consisting of individual holes interacting with a degenerate two-dimensional electron system confined in one of the quantum wells, exhibit strong quantum Hall signatures at integer filling factors and related anomalies around filling factor [nu] = 2/3, 3/5, and 1/2, reflecting the formation of composite fermions. Interactions across the trap perimeter are found to influence the energy of the confined neutral dipolar excitons by the presence of the quantum Hall effects in the two-dimensional electron system surrounding the trap.