Spin-dynamical theory of ultrafast pulse propagation in active semiconductor microcavities

Author

Slavcheva, Gabriela ; Hess, Ortwin

Author_Institution

Surrey Univ., Guildford, UK

fYear

2004

Firstpage

103

Lastpage

104

Abstract

This paper employs a group-theoretical approach for description of the dynamical evolution of an N-level quantum system to derive a set of coupled full-wave vectorial Maxwell-pseudospin equations in two spatial dimensions considering the heavy-hole transition in a quantum well as a resonant nonlinearity. The motivation is to achieve an adequate theoretical description of the ultrafast spin dynamics in a quantum well.

Keywords

Maxwell equations; group theory; high-speed optical techniques; microcavities; optical resonators; semiconductor quantum wells; spin dynamics; Maxwell-pseudospin equations; N-level quantum system; active semiconductor microcavities; coupled full-wave vectorial equations; group-theoretical approach; heavy-hole transition; quantum well; resonant nonlinearity; spin-dynamical theory; ultrafast pulse propagation; ultrafast spin dynamics; Algebra; Electromagnetic wave polarization; Maxwell equations; Microcavities; Nonlinear dynamical systems; Optical polarization; Optical propagation; Quantum mechanics; Resonance; Transmission line matrix methods;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, 2004. NUSOD '04. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8530-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NUSOD.2004.1345177

Filename

1345177