Characteristics of coupled mode of excitonic quantum beat and coherent longitudinal optical phonon in GaAs/AlAs multiple quantum wells

We have investigated the coupled mode of excitonic quantum beats and coherent GaAs-like longitudinal optical (LO) phonons in GaAs/AlAs multiple quantum wells with the splitting energy of heavy- and light-hole excitons close to the LO phonon energy. The time-domain signals show the coherent oscillation of the coupled mode between the quantum beat and the LO phonon with a fast dephasing time and the long-lived coherent GaAs-like LO phonon oscillation. The dependence of the coupled-mode frequency on splitting energy exhibits an anticrossing behavior. We demonstrate that the amplitude of the long-lived coherent LO phonon is manipulated by controlling the coupled mode with a double-pulse excitation technique.