CW AND FEMTOSECOND OPTICAL NONLINEARITIES OF TYPE-II QUANTUM-WELLS

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作者
OLBRIGHT, GR
FU, WS
OWYOUNG, A
KLEM, JF
BINDER, R
GALBRAITH, I
KOCH, SW
机构
[1] UNIV ARIZONA,CTR OPT SCI,TUCSON,AZ 85721
[2] UNIV ARIZONA,DEPT PHYS,TUCSON,AZ 85721
[3] STANFORD UNIV,SOLID STATE ELECTR LAB,STANFORD,CA 94305
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.1358
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O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
Femtosecond time-resolved and quasi-cw measurements of optical nonlinearities of type-II GaAs/AlAs quantum wells are reported. A pronounced blueshift of the heavy-hole exciton is observed, which develops on a 100-ps time scale after resonant interband excitation. The experimental observations are analyzed using many-body theory, explaining exciton blueshift and dynamical evolution in terms of electron-hole Coulomb enhancement, hole-phase-space filling, and hole-plasma cooling.
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页码:1358 / 1361
页数:4
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