Influence of the exciton lifetime on resonant Raman scattering in quantum wells

Abstract
We report huge enhancements in the intensity of LO Raman scattering for photon energies resonant with the band-edge exciton of GaAs/AlAs multiple quantum wells, due to a sharpening of the resonance caused by the increased exciton phase-coherence lifetime. This explains the redshift of the resonance Raman profile with respect to the absorption, the much stronger heavy-hole resonance than that of the light-hole resonance, and the rapid decline of Raman intensity with temperature.