Femtosecond intersubband relaxation and population inversion in stepped quantum well

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 435-437

  Sung, C Y ^a   Norris, T B ^a   Afzali Kushaa, A ^b   Haddad, G I ^b  

^a Center for Ultrafast Optical Science   (United States)

^b University of Michigan   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; EXCITONS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHONONS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

DIFFERENTIAL TRANSMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; INTERSUBBAND RELAXATION; OSCILLATOR STRENGTH; PHONON ENERGY; POPULATION INVERSION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 0029755845     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.116404     Document Type: Article

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