Excitonic dephasing in semimagnetic semiconductors

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1263-1267

  Cundiff, S T ^a,b   Hellmann, R ^a   Koch, M ^a,b   Mackh, G ^c   Waag, A ^c   Landwehr, G ^c   Knox, W H ^b   Gobel E O ^a,d  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SCATTERING; EXCITONS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; IONS; LOW TEMPERATURE PHENOMENA; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EXCITONIC DEPHASING; MAGNETIC FIELD DEPENDENCE; MAGNETIC IONS; SPIN-SPIN INTERACTIONS;

ELECTRODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030172760     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.001263     Document Type: Article

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