QUANTUM BEATS BETWEEN THE LIGHT AND HEAVY HOLE EXCITONS IN A QUANTUM-WELL

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作者
FEUERBACHER, BF
KUHL, J
ECCLESTON, R
PLOOG, K
机构
[1] Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, 7000 Stuttgart 80
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10.1016/0038-1098(90)90992-K
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
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We have detected quantum beats in the coherent polarization of simultaneously excited heavy and light hole excitons in a GaAs/Al0.3Ga0.7As quantum well. The beat frequency and the light and heavy hole energy splitting agree well. The 3rd order density matrix theory of Yajima and Taira has been extended to the case of quantum beats and successfully applied to model our results. © 1990.
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页码:1279 / 1283
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