COHERENT OSCILLATION OF ZONE-FOLDED PHONON MODES IN GAAS-ALAS SUPERLATTICES

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作者
YAMAMOTO, A
MISHINA, T
MASUMOTO, Y
NAKAYAMA, M
机构
[1] UNIV TSUKUBA,INST PHYS,TSUKUBA,IBARAKI 305,JAPAN
[2] OSAKA CITY UNIV,FAC ENGN,DEPT APPL PHYS,SUMIYOSHI KU,OSAKA 558,JAPAN
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.740
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We have observed a coherent oscillation of zone-folded acoustic phonons in GaAs-AlAs superlattices for the first time by means of a femtosecond time-resolved pump-probe technique. The oscillatory component in the time-resolved reflection signal corresponds to the upper branch (B2 symmetry) of the first-order doublet mode. Carriers were selectively excited in well layers and the B2-symmetry phonon mode was selectively generated. The dephasing time of the B2 mode was measured to be 70 ps from our experiments.
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