Shake-Up Processes in Photoluminescence of Two-Dimensional Holes in a High Magnetic Field

Recombination of excitons and positive trions is studied by two-beam photoluminescence of a two-dimensional hole gas in a high magnetic field. The singlet, dark-triplet and bright-triplet states of a free trion are resolved, and their binding energies are determined. Recombination of acceptor-bound trions is also detected, including a low-energy cyclotron replica, corresponding to a hole shake-up process. Identification of all these different transitions was possible by analysis of optical selection rules and the comparison of experimental spectra with realistic numerical calculations.