FEMTOSECOND DYNAMIC EXCITON BLEACHING IN ROOM-TEMPERATURE II-VI-QUANTUM WELLS

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作者
BECKER, PC
LEE, D
DEBARROS, MRX
JOHNSON, AM
PROSSER, AG
FELDMAN, RD
AUSTIN, RF
BEHRINGER, RE
机构
[1] AT&T BELL LABS, DEPT QUANTUM PHYS & ELECTR RES, HOLMDEL, NJ 07733 USA
[2] AT&T BELL LABS, DEPT PHOTON CIRCUITS RES, TECH STAFF, HOLMDEL, NJ 07733 USA
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10.1109/3.159560
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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
Femtosecond optical pulses of 14 fs duration were used to investigate exciton dynamics in II-VI CdZnTe-ZnTe multiple quantum wells at room temperature. An exciton ionization time of 110 fs has been determined. These are the first reported experiments on femtosecond dynamics in II-VI quantum wells. The bleaching effect of "cold" neutral excitons on excitons has been compared to that from the same density of "cool" free electron-hole pairs.
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