Title
Inhomogeneous dephasing of heavy-hole and light-hole exciton coherences in GaAs quantum wells
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2007
Publication Title
Journal of the Optical Society of America B
Department
Physics
Abstract
Three-beam time-integrated transient four-wave mixing (TFWM) is used to probe both light-hole (LH) and heavy-hole (HH) exciton coherences in weakly disordered GaAs quantum wells. The period of the quantum beats between the LH and the HH exciton coherences changes as a function of first–second pulse delay. A theoretical model for the TFWM signal, including exciton dephasing rates that vary with frequency across the inhomogeneous linewidth, reproduces the observations. The inclusion of inhomogeneous dephasing also improves the correspondence between theory and experiment when data as a function of both first–second and second–third pulse delays are simultaneously examined.
ISSN
0269-0403
WorldCat Link
Citation
Spivey, Amelia G. V, and Steven T. Cundiff. "Inhomogeneous Dephasing of Heavy-Hole and Light-Hole Exciton Coherences in Gaas Quantum Wells." Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 24.3 (2007). Print.