FEMTOSECOND OPTICAL-ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS OF ELECTRON-PHONON SCATTERING GAAS QUANTUM-WELLS

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TURNER, K [1 ]
ROTA, L [1 ]
TAYLOR, RA [1 ]
RYAN, JF [1 ]
FOXON, CT [1 ]
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[1] UNIV NOTTINGHAM,DEPT PHYS,NOTTINGHAM NG7 2RD,ENGLAND
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10.1063/1.113718
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We present a combined experimental and theoretical investigation of intra- and intersubband carrier relaxation in GaAs/AlAs quantum wells following femtosecond laser excitation at low density. Time-resolved optical absorption has been measured using 125 fs pulses from a tunable Ti:sapphire laser which allows carriers to be excited preferentially into different subbands. The experiments have been analyzed using a multi-subband Monte Carlo simulation which contains all the important scattering mechanisms. Electron-phonon scattering rates obtained from dielectric continuum theory have been used, and we find excellent agreement with the experiment. The dominance of interface phonons in intrasubband relaxation is confirmed. © 1995 American Institute of Physics.
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