We investigate the magneto-optical properties of excitons bound to single stacking faults in high-purity GaAs. We find that the two-dimensional stacking fault potential binds an exciton composed of an electron and a heavy hole, and we confirm a vanishing in-plane hole g-factor, consistent with the atomic-scale symmetry of the system. The unprecedented homogeneity of the stacking-fault potential leads to ultranarrow photoluminescence emission lines (with a full width at half-maximum 80μeV) and reveals a large magnetic nonreciprocity effect that originates from the magneto-Stark effect for mobile excitons. These measurements unambiguously determine the direction and magnitude of the giant electric dipole moment (e×10nm) of the stacking-fault exciton, making stacking faults a promising new platform to study interacting excitonic gases.

Original languageEnglish
Article number041201
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume94
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 25 Jul 2016

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  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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