Ultrafast quantum kinetics of carrier-LO-phonon interaction in quantum dots and quantum wells

Author

Gartner, P. ; Seebeck, J. ; Jahnke, F.

Author_Institution

Inst. for Theor. Phys., Univ. of Bremen, Bremen

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

The role of polarons in the quantum kinetics of carrier-phonon interaction is emphasized. Scattering processes involving polarons allow ultrafast relaxation even if the phonon energy is not resonant with the electronic transitions.

Keywords

II-VI semiconductors; III-V semiconductors; cadmium compounds; electron-phonon interactions; gallium arsenide; high-speed optical techniques; indium compounds; polarons; semiconductor quantum dots; semiconductor quantum wells; wide band gap semiconductors; CdTe; InGaAs; carrier-phonon interaction; electronic transitions; phonon energy; polarons; quantum dots; quantum wells; scattering processes; ultrafast quantum kinetics; ultrafast relaxation; Kinetic theory; Optical distortion; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Phonons; Physics; Quantum dots; Quantum mechanics; Resonance; Ultrafast optics; (160.6000) Semiconductors; (320.7120) Ultrafast Phenomena;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4629132

Filename

4629132