Infinite-order excitonic BLOCH equations for asymmetric nanostructures.

نویسندگان

  • M Hawton
  • M M Dignam
چکیده

We present a new exciton-based formalism for calculating the coherent response of asymmetric semiconductor multiple quantum well structures to ultrashort optical pulses valid to infinite order in the optical field and including the self-generated intraband fields. We use these equations to calculate and explain the oscillations with time delay of peaks in the spectrally resolved degenerate four-wave mixing signals from biased semiconductor superlattices, obtaining good agreement with experiment.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Physical review letters

دوره 91 26 Pt 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2003