Coherent electric-field effects in semiconductors

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作者
Meier, T [1 ]
Je, KC [1 ]
Rossi, F [1 ]
Hader, J [1 ]
Thomas, P [1 ]
Koch, SW [1 ]
机构
[1] Philipps Univ Marburg, Dept Phys, D-35032 Marburg, Germany
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semiconductor superlattices; field-induced effects; many-body theory; nonlinear optical phenomena; Bloch oscillations; dynamic localization; electron-phonon scattering; electronic correlations;
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10.1117/12.306150
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A microscopic many-body theory is presented which allows one to compute the linear and nonlinear optical properties of semiconductor superlattices in the presence of static and time-dependent electric fields applied in the growth direction. For static fields the Bloch-oscillation dynamics, the role of Coulomb effects, carrier relaxation, phonon scattering, and inter- and intraband polarization dephasing is analyzed. The observability of dynamic localization using optical spectroscopy is discussed for alternating applied fields.
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页数:8
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