Title :
Control of coherent intersubband excitations by a nonresonant THz pulse
Author :
Somma, Carmine ; Morrill, Drew ; Folpini, Giulia ; Reimann, Klaus ; Woerner, Michael ; Elsaesser, Thomas ; Biermann, Klaus
Author_Institution :
Max-Born-Inst. fur Nichtlineare Opt. und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
Using fully phase-resolved two-dimensional terahertz spectroscopy we study coherent intersubband Rabi oscillations in GaAs quantum wells. A strong terahertz field modifies particularly the phase of the nonlinearly emitted field during the Rabi oscillation.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; semiconductor quantum wells; terahertz spectroscopy; terahertz wave spectra; two-dimensional spectra; two-dimensional spectroscopy; GaAs; Rabi oscillation; coherent intersubband Rabi oscillations; coherent intersubband excitations control; nonlinearly emitted field; nonresonant THz pulse; phase-resolved two-dimensional terahertz spectroscopy; Delays; Nonlinear optics; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Resonant frequency; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
