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Interaction of strong single-cycle terahertz pulses with semiconductor quantum wells
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Interaction of strong single-cycle terahertz pulses with semiconductor quantum wells

J. R. Danielson, Yun-Shik Lee, J. P. Prineas, J. T. Steiner, M. Kira and S. W. Koch
Physical review letters, Vol.99(23), pp.237401-237401
12/07/2007
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.237401
PMID: 18233409

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Abstract

An experiment-theory comparison is presented to demonstrate terahertz-induced extreme-nonlinear transients in a GaAs/AlGaAs quantum-well system. The terahertz-pump and optical-probe experiments show pronounced spectral modulations of the light- and heavy-hole excitonic resonances. Excellent agreement with the results of microscopic many-body calculations is obtained, identifying clear ponderomotive contributions and the generation of terahertz harmonics.
Physical Sciences Physics Physics, Multidisciplinary Science & Technology

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