DocumentCode
2672807
Title
Femtosecond pulse breakup and compression in resonant multiple quantum wells
Author
Nielsen, N.C. ; Kuhl, J. ; Khitrova, G. ; Gibbs, H.M. ; Giessen, H.
Author_Institution
Max-Planck-Inst. fur Festkorperforschung, Stuttgart, Germany
fYear
2003
fDate
6-6 June 2003
Abstract
We study the propagation of subpicosecond pulses resonant to the hhl´s exciton in Bragg-periodic and detuned multiple quantum wells. We show pulse breakup depending on the radiative interwell coupling, excitation-induced dephasing and nonlinear pulse compression.
Keywords
excitons; high-speed optical techniques; nonlinear optics; optical pulse compression; resonant states; semiconductor quantum wells; Bragg-periodic quantum wells; detuned quantum wells; excitation-induced dephasing; exciton; femtosecond pulse breakup; femtosecond pulse compression; nonlinear pulse compression; radiative interwell coupling; resonant multiple quantum wells; subpicosecond pulse propagation; Electromagnetic coupling; Excitons; Nonlinear optics; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Pulse compression methods; Pulse measurements; Quantum well devices; Resonance; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS. Postconference Digest
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-749-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/QELS.2003.238341
Filename
1276458
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