Linear and non-linear optical properties of semiconductor superlattices: Excitonic and field-induced effects

F. Rossi, T. Meier, K. C. Je, J. Hader, P. Thomas, S. W. Koch

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Abstract

The effective dimensionality of excitons can be drastically changed by applying an alternating electric field. On the basis of a full three-dimensional description of both coherent and incoherent phenomena in anisotropic structures it is found that appropriate applied oscillating fields change the exciton wave function from anisotropic three dimensional to basically two dimensional. This effective-dimension change is caused by dynamic localization which leads to an increase of the exciton binding energy and of the corresponding oscillator strength.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1693-1697
Number of pages5
JournalIl Nuovo Cimento D
Volume17
Issue number11-12
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1995

Keywords

  • Conference proceedings
  • High-field and nonlinear effects
  • Optical properties of thin films, surfaces and layer structures (superlattices, heterojunctions, and multilayers)
  • Theory of electronic transport
  • Ultrafast optical techniques
  • scattering mechanism

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

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