Resonance broadening of the light-hole exciton in GaAs/AlxGa1xAs quantum wells

Abstract
As a result of the mixing of the heavy- and light-hole subband states in undoped quantum wells, electronheavy-hole pairs are coupled with electronlight-hole pairs. Consequently, when the light-hole exciton peak lies in the electron-heavy-hole continuum, it is broadened, an effect analogous to a Fano resonance. This phenomenon is examined both theoretically and experimentally, and good quantitative agreement between the two is found.