Exciton Raman coherence revealed in two-dimensional fourier transform spectroscopy of semiconductors

Author

Zhang, Tianhao ; Yang, Lijun ; Bristow, Alan D. ; Mukamel, S. ; Cundiff, Steven T.

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

fYear

2008

fDate

4-9 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Raman coherence between heavy-hole and light-hole excitons in quantum wells is isolated in an alternative spectrum and contributions from single exciton and correlated two-exciton states are studied experimentally and theoretically by excitation with different polarizations.

Keywords

Fourier transform spectra; III-V semiconductors; Raman spectra; aluminium compounds; excitons; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; light coherence; semiconductor quantum wells; GaAs-Al_0.3Ga_0.7As; Raman coherence; correlated two-exciton states; heavy-hole excitons; light-hole excitons; quantum wells; semiconductors; single exciton states; two-dimensional Fourier transform spectroscopy; Excitons; Fourier transforms; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Polarization; Quantum mechanics; Raman scattering; Resonance; Spectroscopy; Stationary state; (300.6240) Coherent transient spectroscopy; (300.6470) Semiconductors spectroscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-859-9

Type

conf

Filename

4572894