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Wannier-mott polaritons in magnetic fields

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A review of recent theories of excitons in magnetic fields in cubic, semi-conductors is given. The valence band degeneracy and anisotropy and the exchange interaction which are taken into account in these theories create a number of typical effects (like an (mj)-dependent diamagnetism) which are verified experimentally in several materials. Consistent sets of band structure parameters are determined from a best fit of magneto-reflection results to the high field theory. A proper interpretation of the reflection experiments demands a correct line shape analysis, including the effects of an exponentially decreasing exciton free surface layer and spatial dispersion: The polariton picture has to be used. The anisotropic compression of the exciton wavefunction in high magnetic fields is directly observed via the anisotropic reduction of the exciton free surface layer. A strong increase of the oscillator strength and of the exchange interaction is another consequence of this compression. The enhanced long range part of the exchange interaction and the Magneto-Stark-Effect could explain the recently observed dependence of the transverse exciton energies on the direction of the magnetic field.

This paper was prepared during a guest term at the Fachbereich Physik, Technische Universität Berlin

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