• DocumentCode
    2882719
  • Title

    Quantum interference currents by excitation of heavy and light hole excitons in GaAs quantum wells

  • Author

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

  • Author_Institution
    Phys.-Tech. Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We have observed quantum interference currents by exciting exciton transitions in GaAs quantum wells. A phase shift of the current occurs when tuning the exciting photon energy from the heavy hole to the light hole exciton transition.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; quantum interference phenomena; semiconductor quantum wells; GaAs; heavy hole excitons; light hole excitons; phase shift; photon energy; quantum interference; semiconductor quantum wells; Absorption; Excitons; Free electron lasers; Gallium arsenide; Interference; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; 190.5970 Semiconductor nonlinear optics including MQW; 320.7130 Ultrafast processes in condensed matter, including semiconductors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628930
  • Filename
    4628930