ABSORPTION QUANTUM BEATS OF MAGNETOEXCITONS IN GAAS HETEROSTRUCTURES

被引:89
作者
BARAD, S
BARJOSEPH, I
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[1] Department of Physics, The Weizmann Institute of Science
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.2491
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We report the experimental observation of a transient oscillatory behavior of magnetoexciton absorption in GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures. We interpret these oscillations as absorption quantum beats of a coherent superposition of two excitonic spin states. Measurements of the oscillations period may be used as a new technique for accurately measuring the Lande g factor of excitons in semiconductors.
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页码:2491 / 2494
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