Coherent control of exciton density and spin

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 769-775

  Heberle, Albert P ^a,f   Baumberg, Jeremy J ^a,g,h   Binder, Eberhard ^b,i   Kuhn, Tilmann ^b,c,j,k   Köhler, Klaus ^d,l,m,n   Ploog, Klaus H ^e,n,o  

^a HITACHI CAMBRIDGE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SOLID STATE PHYSICS IAF   (Germany)

^e PAUL DRUDE INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERELEKTRONIK   (Germany)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ German Physical Society DPG   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^k BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^m IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

ⁿ MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^o HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COHERENT LIGHT; FARADAY EFFECT; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL ROTATION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

COHERENT CONTROL; CROSS POLARIZED PUMP PULSES; SEMICONDUCTOR BLOCH EQUATIONS;

EXCITONS;

EID: 0030230128     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.571778     Document Type: Article

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