Abstract
We show how to compute the optical properties (reflection and absorption) of anisotropic semiconductors in the exciton energy region, taking into account polariton and electron-hole coherence effects. The method is applied to a GaAs/Ga1−x Al x As superlattice, and the modifications in the optical properties with respect to GaAs are related to the anisotropy.
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