Title :
Four-wave mixing and many-particle effects in semiconductors
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. Sci., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Abstract :
Four-wave mixing in semiconductor quantum wells has long been used to investigate many-particle effects. We introduce the theoretical concepts and illustrate some developments of the field, which D.S. Chemla helped to shape.
Keywords :
excitons; multiwave mixing; nonlinear optical susceptibility; semiconductor quantum wells; statistical mechanics; four-wave mixing; many-particle effects; nonlinear exciton effect; nonlinear optical susceptibility; optically excited semiconductors; semiconductor quantum wells; Charge carrier processes; Electron optics; Four-wave mixing; Green´s function methods; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Particle scattering; Ultrafast optics; (190.4380) Nonlinear optics, four-wave mixing; (320.7130) Ultrafast processes in condensed matter, including semiconductors;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
