Influence of free carriers on exciton ground states in quantum wells

The influence of free carriers on the ground state of the exciton at zero magnetic field in a quasi-two-dimensional quantum well that contains a gas of free electrons is considered in the framework of the random phase approximation. The effects of the exciton–charge-density interaction and the inelastic scattering processes due to the electron–electron exchange interaction are taken into account. The effect of phase-space filling is considered using an approximate approach. The results of the calculation are compared with the experimental data. - Highlights: • We discussed the effect of free carriers on the exciton ground state in quantum wells. • The processes of exciton–electron scattering become the most important for excitons in doped QWs. • The direct Coulomb scattering can be neglected. • The most important becomes the exchange inelastic exciton–electron scattering