• DocumentCode
    1690878
  • Title

    THz control of matter states: Coherent excitons beyond the Rabi-splitting

  • Author

    Ewers, B. ; Köster, N.S. ; Woscholski, R. ; Koch, M. ; Chatterjee, S. ; Khitrova, G. ; Gibbs, H.M. ; Klettke, A.C. ; Kira, M. ; Koch, S.W.

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Phys. & Mater. Sci. Center, Philipps-Univ. Marburg, Marburg, Germany
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We investigate the interaction of strong single-cycle THz pulses with a coherent excitonic population, observing the transition from Rabi flopping of the 1s-2p transition to multi THz-photon ionization with increasing field strength.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; excitons; gallium; gallium compounds; indium compounds; semiconductor quantum wells; terahertz wave spectra; 1s-2p transition; Rabi flopping; Rabi splitting; THz control; coherent excitonic population; coherent excitons; matter states; multi THz-photon ionization; strong single-cycle THz pulse interaction; Absorption; Educational institutions; Excitons; Optical polarization; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Physics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6327071