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Coherent dynamics of excitonic and biexcitonic wave packets in semiconductor superlattices

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Il Nuovo Cimento D

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We report on the observation of an electric-field-induced electric-dipole moment of biexcitonic molecules in a GaAs/Al0.3Ga0.7As superlattice. The macroscopic oscillating electric field, associated with the microscopic wave packet dipole moments, is monitored by time-resolved transmittive electro-optic sampling. The field dependence of the biexcitonic binding energy is detected by transient four-wave mixing. From these experiments, an ultrafast non-resonant excitation mechanism of biexcitons is inferred.

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  1. Institut für Halbleitertechnik II, RWTH Aachen, 52056, Aachen, Germany

    P. Leisching, R. Ott, P. Haring Bolivar, T. Dekorsy, H. J. Bakker, H. G. Roskos & H. Kurz

  2. Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Festkörperphysik, 79108, Freiburg, Germany

    K. Köhler

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Leisching, P., Ott, R., Bolivar, P.H. et al. Coherent dynamics of excitonic and biexcitonic wave packets in semiconductor superlattices. Il Nuovo Cimento D 17, 1573–1578 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02457246

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