Title :
Probing heavy-hole and light-hole excitonic beats in a GaAs quantum well with phase-locked Raman pulse pairs
Author :
Sweeney, Timothy ; Baldwin, Thomas ; Wang, Hailin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
Abstract :
Transient pump-probe studies using phase-locked Raman pulse pairs as the pump reveal a new interpretation for the heavy-hole and light-hole excitonic beats in transient differential transmission of a GaAs quantum well.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; biexcitons; gallium arsenide; nonlinear optics; optical phase locked loops; semiconductor quantum wells; GaAs; heavy-hole excitonic beats; light-hole excitonic beats; phase-locked Raman pulse pairs; quantum well; transient differential transmission; transient pump-probe; Atom optics; Delay; Gallium arsenide; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pumping; Probes; Pulse modulation; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2