Title :
Measuring the lifetime of ultrashort electronic coherences with long light pulses: The fragile Eg state in Sb and Bi
Author :
Li, Jingjing ; Chen, Jian ; Reis, David A. ; Fahy, Stephen ; Merlin, Roberto
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract :
We use a combination of ultrafast stimulated Raman scattering and continuous wave spontaneous Raman scattering to determine the lifetime of electronic coherences of Eg symmetry in Sb and Bi, which are below 10fs at 293K.
Keywords :
antimony; bismuth; high-speed optical techniques; stimulated Raman scattering; Bi; Sb; continuous wave spontaneous Raman scattering; fragile Eg state; long light pulses; temperature 293 K; ultrafast stimulated Raman scattering; ultrashort electronic coherence lifetime; Bismuth; Force; Oscillators; Phonons; Raman scattering; Tensile stress;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4