Two-photon absorption spectra in V-shaped quantum wires including excitonic effects and valence band mixing

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 848-856

  Marti, Daniel H ^a   Dupertuis, Marc André ^a   Deveaud, Benoît ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Exciton; Quantum wire (QWR); Selection rules; Semiconductor; Two photon absorption

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SPECTROSCOPY; VECTORS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

SELECTION RULES; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTION; V-SHAPED QUANTUM WIRES; VALENCE BAND MIXING;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WIRES;

EID: 20544450818     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2005.846692     Document Type: Article

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