Optical detection of quantum Hall effect of composite fermions and evidence of the ν=3/8 state

In the photoluminescence spectra of a two-dimensional electron gas in the fractional quantum Hall regime we observe for the first time the states at filling factor ν=4/5, 5/7, 4/11, and 3/8 as clear minima in the emission peak intensity or area. The first three states are described as interacting composite fermions in fractional quantum Hall regime. The minimum in the intensity at ν=3/8, which is not explained within this picture, can be an evidence of a suppression of the screening of the coulomb interaction among the effective quasiparticles involved in this intriguing state.