COHERENT GENERATION AND INTERFERENCE OF EXCITONS AND BIEXCITONS IN GAAS/ALXGA1-XAS QUANTUM-WELLS

被引:113
作者
PANTKE, KH [1 ]
OBERHAUSER, D [1 ]
LYSSENKO, VG [1 ]
HVAM, JM [1 ]
WEIMANN, G [1 ]
机构
[1] WALTER SCHOTTKY INST,W-8046 GARCHING,GERMANY
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1993年 / 47卷 / 04期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.47.2413
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T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
We report measurements of two-photon transitions to the biexciton state and exciton-biexciton transitions (Mb and) in GaAs/AlxGa1-xAs multiple quantum wells by spectrally resolving the self-diffraction in a four-wave-mixing experiment. Furthermore, nonlinear quantum beats between a coherently prepared population of excitons and biexcitons are observed The analysis yields a binding energy of 1.8 meV for the biexciton in 116-angstrom quantum wells.
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页码:2413 / 2416
页数:4
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