OPTICAL NONLINEARITIES IN MIXED TYPE-I-TYPE-II GAAS/ALAS MULTIPLE QUANTUM-WELLS

被引:78
作者
GALBRAITH, I
DAWSON, P
FOXON, CT
机构
[1] UNIV MANCHESTER,INST SCI & TECHNOL,DEPT PURE & APPL PHYS,MANCHESTER M60 1QD,LANCS,ENGLAND
[2] UNIV NOTTINGHAM,DEPT PHYS,NOTTINGHAM NG7 2RD,ENGLAND
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1992年 / 45卷 / 23期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.45.13499
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
We demonstrate all-optical nonlinearities at low cw pump powers (mW/cm2) using a GaAs/AlAs double-quantum-well design that spatially separates photoexcited electron-hole pairs. The nonlinearities are examined over a range of temperatures and in a variety of samples. Theoretical calculations based on many-body interactions are in good agreement with the measured spectra and have been used to improve the structure design.
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页码:13499 / 13508
页数:10
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