• DocumentCode
    1960295
  • Title

    Pure dephasing induced by exciton-phonon interactions in GaAs quantum dots

  • Author

    Hailin Wang ; Xudong Fan ; Takagahara, T. ; Cunningham, J.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Oregon Univ., Eugene, OR, USA
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    8-8 May 1998
  • Firstpage
    162
  • Lastpage
    163
  • Abstract
    Summary form only given.We report studies of exciton dephasing in quantum dot (QD)-like islands in narrow GaAs quantum wells (QWs). Using three pulse transient four-wave mixing (FWM), we compare dephasing rates directly with population decay rates. This comparison reveals a pure dephasing process that dominates excitonic dephasing at elevated temperatures but does not involve exciton population relaxation.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; excitons; gallium arsenide; multiwave mixing; semiconductor quantum dots; GaAs; GaAs quantum dots; dephasing rates; elevated temperatures; exciton dephasing; exciton-phonon interactions; excitonic dephasing; narrow GaAs quantum wells; population decay rates; pure dephasing; three pulse transient four-wave mixing; Autocorrelation; Delay effects; Excitons; Gallium arsenide; Interference; Optical pulses; Polarization; Quantum dots; US Department of Transportation; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference, 1998. IQEC 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-541-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IQEC.1998.680336
  • Filename
    680336