RELATIVE EFFICIENCY OF TRANSIENT AND STATIONARY CHANGES IN EXCITONIC OPTICAL-PROPERTIES OF INGAAS/INP QUANTUM-WELLS

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CAMPI, D [1 ]
CORIASSO, C [1 ]
NISOLI, M [1 ]
DESILVESTRI, S [1 ]
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[1] POLITECN MILAN,CNR,DIPARTIMENTO FIS,DEPT ELETTRON QUANTIST & STUMENTAZ ELETTRON,I-20133 MILAN,ITALY
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10.1063/1.114706
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O59 [应用物理学];
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Using an infrared tunable femtosecond source, we investigate the time evolution of exciton absorption bleaching in InGaAs/InP quantum wells at energies slightly below the exciton absorption peak at room temperature. We find that the bleaching due to photogenerated excitons can be stronger than that due to a thermal electron/hole plasma by a factor of 40. Numerical modeling, based on many-body theory, yields a qualitative explanation of this unusual behavior, along with its density and spectral dependence as well. (C) 1995 American Institute of Physics.
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