COHERENT ELECTRIC-FIELD EFFECTS IN SEMICONDUCTORS

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作者
MEIER, T [1 ]
VONPLESSEN, G [1 ]
THOMAS, P [1 ]
KOCH, SW [1 ]
机构
[1] PHILIPPS UNIV,CTR MAT SCI,D-35032 MARBURG,GERMANY
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.902
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We present a microscopic analysis of coherent effects induced by electric fields in photoexcited semiconductors in the presence of the Coulomb interaction. Both the terahertz emission and four-wave-mixing signals arising from Bloch oscillations in a semiconductor superlattice are computed consistently. It is predicted that Bloch oscillations should be observable also for miniband widths on the order of the exciton binding energy.
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