Ultrafast heavy hole-phonon interactions in highly n-doped GaAs have been s
electively studied with femtosecond absorption saturation measurements by t
uning the pump-probe photon energy just above the doped electron Fermi edge
. A. heavy hole-phonon scattering time of similar to 300fs has been measure
d, which is consistent with that calculated by a numerical model. According
ly, an optical deformation potential of about 31 eV has been estimated for
this highly n-doped sample.