High-excitation luminescence in direct-GAP GaAs1-xPx: E-H plasma expansion effects

The e--h plasma at 2K in direct--gap GaAs1~ is studied for x=O.38. At high pumping levels an expansion of the plasma, directly observable through its luminescent emission, sets in when the excited particle density reaches the liquid density. The spectral lineshape of the luminescence collected from the whol plasma region differs aappreciably from that obtained cstirtaylrelaicnheesshapteheofliqtuhiedl denisity n~5xlO' pairs. The spectral lineshape of the lunescence collected from the whole plasma region differs appreciably from that obtained restricting the observation to the pumped region alone. Plasma expansion and spectral emission are accounted for by a hydrodynamic model, where the particle flow due to Fermi pressure is fast enough to overcome recombination.