Optical dephasing of coherent intersubband transitions in a quasi-two-dimensional electron gas

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 20, 2004, Pages

  Waldmuller I ^a   Forstner J ^a   Lee, S C ^a   Knorr, A ^a   Woerner, M ^b   Reimann, K ^b   Kaindl, R A ^b,d   Elsaesser, T ^b   Hey, R ^c   Ploog, K H ^c  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c PAUL DRUDE INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERELEKTRONIK   (Germany)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; DENSITY; ELECTRON; GAS; LIGHT SCATTERING; PHONON; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 42749106161     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.205307     Document Type: Article

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