• DocumentCode
    500630
  • Title

    Nonlinear terahertz excitations of optically dark para excitons in Cu2O

  • Author

    Steiner, Johannes T. ; Kira, M. ; Koch, S.W. ; Leinss, S. ; Huber, R. ; Leitenstorfer, A. ; Kampfrath, T. ; Volkmann, K.V. ; Wolf, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Philipps Univ., Marburg, Germany
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A microscopic theory is applied to describe nonlinear terahertz excitations of optically-dark excitons in Cu2O. The theory is quantitatively compared to recent experiments. Signatures of Rabi flopping and ponderomotive contributions are discussed and disentangled.
  • Keywords
    copper compounds; excitons; terahertz wave spectra; CuO2; Rabi flopping; microscopic theory; nonlinear terahertz excitations; optically dark para excitons; Absorption; Electron optics; Excitons; Nonlinear optics; Optical microscopy; Optical pumping; Physics; Pulse measurements; Resonance; Spectroscopy; (190.5970) Semiconductor nonlinear optics including MQW; (300.6495) Spectroscopy, terahertz;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5226044