Novel Coherent Effects in Semiconductors
Abstract
We have performed experimental and theoretical investigations of novel coherent effects in semiconductors, including excitonic Rabi oscillations, soliton-like pulse propagation at the exciton resonance, the nonlinear optical skin effect, interaction-induced polarization rotation in uniaxially strained quantum wells, light-induced ultrafast heavy-to-light hole population transfer, and the coherently coupled heavy-hole-light hole Stark effect. We have identified the role of semiconductor-specific aspects and contrasted the investigated effects with their two- and three-level counterparts. In general, we found semiconductor-specific aspects, such as the bandstructure and the Coulomb interaction, to modify these effects significantly.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADA384228
Entities
People
- Nasser N. Peyghambarian
- Rudolf H. Binder
Organizations
- University of Arizona