• DocumentCode
    2791358
  • Title

    Coulomb-enhanced shift currents from symmetry reduction in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells

  • Author

    Bieler, Mark ; Pierz, Klaus ; Dawson, Philip ; Siegner, Uwe

  • Author_Institution
    Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Bundesallee 100, D-38116 Braunschweig, Germany
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report a new shift current tensor element resulting from symmetry reduction in semiconductor quantum wells, The shift current is strongly enhanced by Coulomb interaction and shows a pronounced maximum at the light-hole exciton resonance.
  • Keywords
    Excitons; Gallium arsenide; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Photoluminescence; Resonance; Tensile stress; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2007.4431574
  • Filename
    4431574