Polarization choices in exciton-biexciton system of GaAs quantum wells

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作者
Adachi, S
Miyashita, T
Takeyama, S
Takagi, Y
Tackeuchi, A
Nakayama, M
机构
[1] HIMEJI INST TECHNOL,FAC SCI,DEPT MAT SCI,HARIMA,HYOGO 67812,JAPAN
[2] FUJITSU LABS LTD,ATSUGI,KANAGAWA 24301,JAPAN
[3] OSAKA CITY UNIV,FAC ENGN,DEPT APPL PHYS,SUMIYOSHI KU,OSAKA 558,JAPAN
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1997年 / 55卷 / 03期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.55.1654
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
We study the induced absorption due to biexciton formation in absorption bleaching pump-probe signals and the quantum beats between exciton and biexciton in the four-wave-mixing signals. The origin is confirmed by the polarization dependence of the signals in both experiments. The definite discrimination between exciton-biexciton quantum beats and the others by the polarization choices is demonstrated clearly. We also show the well-width dependence of the biexciton binding energy that is determined by the period of the quantum beats in the range of well width 45-150 Angstrom of GaAs/AlxGa1-xAs (x=0.3-1.0) multiple quantum wells.
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页码:1654 / 1660
页数:7
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