Spectral signatures of excitonic four-wave mixing signals in GaAs multiple quantum wells

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 981-988

  Erland, J ^a   Birkedal, D ^a   Lyssenko, V G ^a   Hvam, J M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; ELECTRON RESONANCE; ELECTRON SCATTERING; EXCITONS; HELIUM NEON LASERS; LASER TUNING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

DEPHASING; HEAVY HOLE BIEXCITON; LIGHT HOLE BIEXCITON; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES; TWO PHOTON TRANSITIONS;

FOUR WAVE MIXING;

EID: 0030145462     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.000981     Document Type: Article

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