Evidence for intervalence band coherences in semiconductor quantum wells via coherently coupled optical stark shifts

M. E. Donovan; A. Schülzgen; J. Lee; P. A. Blanche; N. Peyghambarian; G. Khitrova; H. M. Gibbs; I. Rumyantsev; N. H. Kwong; R. Takayama; Z. S. Yang; R. Binder

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.237402

Evidence for intervalence band coherences in semiconductor quantum wells via coherently coupled optical stark shifts

M. E. Donovan, A. Schülzgen, J. Lee, P. A. Blanche, N. Peyghambarian, G. Khitrova, H. M. Gibbs, I. Rumyantsev, N. H. Kwong, R. Takayama, Z. S. Yang, R. Binder

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We report the experimental observation of coherently coupled heavy-hole-light-hole Stark shifts, i.e., light-hole exciton shifts under heavy-hole exciton pumping conditions, in InGaAs quantum wells. The theoretical analysis of the data is based on a full many-body approach (dynamics-controlled truncation formalism) in the third-order nonlinear optical regime. It is shown that the Stark shift data can be interpreted as strong evidence of suitably defined nonradiative intervalence band coherences in a semiconductor quantum well. Hence, the observations establish a semiconductor analog of Raman coherences in three-level atoms.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	237402-1-237402-4
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	87
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.237402
State	Published - Dec 3 2001

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Donovan, M. E., Schülzgen, A., Lee, J., Blanche, P. A., Peyghambarian, N., Khitrova, G., Gibbs, H. M., Rumyantsev, I., Kwong, N. H., Takayama, R., Yang, Z. S., & Binder, R. (2001). Evidence for intervalence band coherences in semiconductor quantum wells via coherently coupled optical stark shifts. Physical review letters, 87(23), 237402-1-237402-4. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.237402

Donovan, ME, Schülzgen, A, Lee, J, Blanche, PA , Peyghambarian, N, Khitrova, G, Gibbs, HM, Rumyantsev, I, Kwong, NH, Takayama, R, Yang, ZS & Binder, R 2001, 'Evidence for intervalence band coherences in semiconductor quantum wells via coherently coupled optical stark shifts', Physical review letters, vol. 87, no. 23, pp. 237402-1-237402-4. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.237402

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Evidence for intervalence band coherences in semiconductor quantum wells via coherently coupled optical stark shifts

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