COHERENT ELECTRIC-FIELD EFFECTS IN SEMICONDUCTORS

Authors
MEIER T VONPLESSEN G THOMAS P KOCH SW
Citation
T. Meier et al., COHERENT ELECTRIC-FIELD EFFECTS IN SEMICONDUCTORS, Physical review letters, 73(6), 1994, pp. 902-905
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
73
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
902 - 905
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1994)73:6<902:CEEIS>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
We present a microscopic analysis of coherent effects induced by elect ric fields in photoexcited semiconductors in the presence of the Coulo mb interaction. Both the terahertz emission and four-wave-mixing signa ls arising from Bloch oscillations in a semiconductor superlattice are computed consistently. It is predicted that Bloch oscillations should be observable also for miniband widths on the order of the exciton bi nding energy.