SELF-INDUCED TRANSMISSION ON A FREE-EXCITON RESONANCE IN A SEMICONDUCTOR

Authors
GIESSEN H KNORR A HAAS S KOCH SW LINDEN S KUHL J HETTERICH M GRUN M KLINGSHIRN C
Citation
H. Giessen et al., SELF-INDUCED TRANSMISSION ON A FREE-EXCITON RESONANCE IN A SEMICONDUCTOR, Physical review letters, 81(19), 1998, pp. 4260-4263
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
81
Issue
19
Year of publication
1998
Pages
4260 - 4263
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1998)81:19<4260:STOAFR>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We observe coherent long-distance propagation of an optical pulse in r esonance with the free exciton at high light intensities in an optical ly thick semiconductor. The experiments show pulse reshaping, pulse br eakup, and a high degree of transmission. Microscopic calculations usi ng the semiconductor Maxwell-Bloch equations yield good agreement with the experimental data.