Measurements of frequency upconversion and picosecond excitation-correlation luminescence spectra in GaAs quantum wells and determination of time constants describing exciton dynamics

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 5921-5931

  Kumar, Rajesh ^a   Vengurlekar, A S ^a   Prabhu, S S ^a,c   Shah, Jagdeep ^b   Pfeiffer, L N ^b  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0041143550     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.363821     Document Type: Review

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