Investigation of electronic coupling in semiconductor double quantum wells using coherent optical two-dimensional Fourier transform spectroscopy

Solid State Communications

Volumn 149, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 361-366

  Li, Xiaoqin ^a,b   Zhang, Tianhao ^a   Mukamel, Shaul ^c   Mirin, Richard P ^d   Cundiff, Steven T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Quantum wells; A. Semiconductors; D. Optical properties; E. Nonlinear optics

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FOUR WAVE MIXING; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WIRES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WELLS;

A. QUANTUM WELLS; A. SEMICONDUCTORS; BARRIER THICKNESSES; CROSS PEAKS; D. OPTICAL PROPERTIES; DOUBLE QUANTUM; E. NONLINEAR OPTICS; ELECTRONIC COUPLINGS; FORBIDDEN STATES; FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROSCOPIES; MIXING TIMES; OPTICAL-; OSCILLATORY BEHAVIORS; QUANTUM MECHANICALS; RAMAN COHERENCES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 58249105354     PISSN: 00381098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssc.2008.12.021     Document Type: Article

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