Electromagnetically induced transparency from electron spin coherences in semiconductor quantum wells [Invited]

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Hailin ^a   O'Leary, Shannon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRONS; EXCITONS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; QUANTUM OPTICS; SPIN DYNAMICS;

ELECTROMAGNETICALLY-INDUCED TRANSPARENCY; ELECTRON SPIN COHERENCE; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; LARGE ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; LIGHT-HOLE TRANSITIONS; MANY-BODY EFFECT; OPTICAL INTERACTIONS; PUMP INTENSITIES; RAMAN RESONANCES; THREE LEVEL SYSTEMS; WAVEGUIDE GEOMETRY;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 84863130239     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.29.0000A6     Document Type: Review

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