FEMTOSECOND DEPHASING IN CDSXSE1-X MIXED-CRYSTALS - THE ROLE OF LOCALIZED BIEXCITONS

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作者
BIGOT, JY
DAUNOIS, A
OBERLE, J
MERLE, JC
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[1] Groupe d'Optique Nonlinéaire et d'Optoélectronique, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg Cedex
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.1820
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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The dephasing of excitonic localized states is investigated in CdSxSe1-x mixed crystals at 2 K with low intensity femtosecond optical pulses. We observe a fast relaxation process which is first reported here. It is shown to be related to the creation of localized biexcitons via the exciton-biexciton transitions which act as an additional dephasing mechanism with a time constant T2ex-bi of 700 fs. The coherence between excitonic and biexcitonic states, which manifests by 800 fs period beats, is studied in detail. A simple model is presented which describes both the fast initial decay and the beating behavior.
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页码:1820 / 1823
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