Title :
Correlated influence of carrier-carrier/carrier-phonon interaction and radiative damping on semiconductor intersubband transitions
Author :
Waldmuller, I. ; Forstner, J. ; Knorr, A. ; Woerner, M. ; Reimann, K. ; Kaindl, R.A. ; Hey, R. ; Ploog, K.H.
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Theor. Physik, Technische Univ. Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
The linewidth of intersubband transitions resulting from simultaneous action of many-body contributions and radiative damping is analyzed. The processes are non-additive and a self-consistent treatment is necessary to explain recent experiments.
Keywords :
electrical conductivity transitions; electron-phonon interactions; semiconductor quantum wells; spectral line breadth; ultraviolet spectra; carrier-carrier/carrier-phonon interaction; intersubband transitions; radiative damping; semiconductor quantum wells; spectral linewidth; Damping; Equations; Green function; Matrix decomposition; Optical devices; Optical microscopy; Optical scattering; Quantum well devices; Tensile stress; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS. Postconference Digest
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-749-0
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2003.238217
