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Dissociation of excitons in Cu2 O by an electric field. / Heckötter, J.; Freitag, M.; Fröhlich, D.; Aßmann, M.; Bayer, M.; Glazov, M. M.
In: Physical Review B, Vol. 98, No. 3, 035150, 31.07.2018.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Dissociation of excitons in Cu2 O by an electric field
AU - Heckötter, J.
AU - Freitag, M.
AU - Fröhlich, D.
AU - Aßmann, M.
AU - Bayer, M.
AU - Glazov, M. M.
PY - 2018/7/31
Y1 - 2018/7/31
N2 - The electric field-induced dissociation is studied for excited states of the yellow exciton series of Cu2O. With increasing principal quantum number n, corresponding to rising exciton energy, the field strength for dissociation decreases as expected. Surprisingly, within a manifold belonging to a particular n this trend is reversed as the required dissociation field increases with rising energy. In agreement with calculations we attribute this finding to the distribution of the exciton wave functions in the potential landscape. While the low energy states in the multiplet are shifted towards the side where the potential is lowered by the electric field, thereby facilitating dissociation, the high energy states are moved to the other side stabilizing them up to higher fields.
AB - The electric field-induced dissociation is studied for excited states of the yellow exciton series of Cu2O. With increasing principal quantum number n, corresponding to rising exciton energy, the field strength for dissociation decreases as expected. Surprisingly, within a manifold belonging to a particular n this trend is reversed as the required dissociation field increases with rising energy. In agreement with calculations we attribute this finding to the distribution of the exciton wave functions in the potential landscape. While the low energy states in the multiplet are shifted towards the side where the potential is lowered by the electric field, thereby facilitating dissociation, the high energy states are moved to the other side stabilizing them up to higher fields.
KW - ABSORPTION
KW - HYDROGEN
KW - OXIDE
KW - RYDBERG EXCITONS
KW - SPECTRA
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.98.035150
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.98.035150
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85051428828
VL - 98
JO - Physical Review B-Condensed Matter
JF - Physical Review B-Condensed Matter
SN - 1098-0121
IS - 3
M1 - 035150
ER -
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