INFLUENCE OF PROPAGATION EFFECTS ON THE COHERENT OPTICAL-RESPONSE OF SEMICONDUCTORS

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作者
KNORR, A [1 ]
STROUCKEN, T [1 ]
SCHULZE, A [1 ]
GIRNDT, A [1 ]
KOCH, SW [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV MARBURG,ZENTRUM MAT WISSENSCH,D-35032 MARBURG,GERMANY
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PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI B-BASIC RESEARCH | 1995年 / 188卷 / 01期
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10.1002/pssb.2221880145
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
摘要
Femtosecond pulse propagation phenomena in semiconductors and semiconductor heterostructures are theoretically investigated, It is shown that the linear pulse propagation through a spatially inhomogeneous structure (multiple quantum wells) is substantially modified in comparison to the homogeneous case. For spatially homogeneous structures (bulk material), the nonlinear interplay between propagation and many-body effects is investigated in four-wave-mixing geometry. For an inverted semiconductor collinear pump-probe propagation is analyzed to study the ultrafast gain dynamics in amplifiers.
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