Title :
Cascaded second-harmonic coherent control of carrier density and spin in a [110]-oriented semiconductor
Author :
Pan, X.Y. ; Stevens, Martin J. ; Smirl, Arthur L. ; Bhat, R.D.R. ; Sipe, J.E. ; Van Driel, El M.
Author_Institution :
Lab. for Photonics & Quantum Electron., Iowa Univ., Iowa City, IA
Abstract :
We demonstrate independent coherent control of carrier density and spin in [110]-oriented GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells by using the phase-dependent energy transfer between ~100-fs omega and 2omega pulses, as opposed to quantum interference
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; carrier density; gallium arsenide; high-speed optical techniques; optical control; optical harmonic generation; semiconductor quantum wells; Cascaded coherent control; GaAs-AlGaAs; GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells; [110]-oriented semiconductor; carrier density; carrier spin; phase-dependent energy transfer; second-harmonic;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4
