Title :
Measurement of transversal polarization forces on excitons in GaAs quantum wells
Author :
Martin, Eric W. ; Borsch, Markus ; Kira, Mackillo ; Cundiff, Steven T.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
We observe resonant optical tweezing of quantum-well excitons created by an excitation pulse. The ultrafast dynamics of a small excitation spot show that the tweezing is due to the first-order polarization induced by the pump.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; excitons; force measurement; gallium arsenide; high-speed optical techniques; light polarisation; optical pumping; optical testing; radiation pressure; semiconductor quantum wells; GaAs; first-order polarization; gallium arsenide quantum well excitons; optical pump; resonant optical tweezing; transversal polarization force measurement; ultrafast excitation spot dynamics; Excitons; Force; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Probes; Semiconductor device measurement; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
