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Applied Physics Letters

Quantum beats of light hole and heavy hole excitons in quantum wells

Karl Leo, Theo C. Damen, Jagdeep Shah, Ernst Otto Göbel, Klaus Köhler

Published Jul 2, 1990• 153 citations
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Abstract

We report the first observation of quantum beats due to the interference of the polarization decay of heavy hole and light hole excitons in semiconductor quantum wells.
DOI
10.1063/1.103567

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