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Nonlinear Optics

Higher-Order Correlations and Semiconductor Optical Nonlinearities

H. M. Gibbs, G. Khitrova, Claudia Ell, Rolf H. Binder, W. Hoyer, M. Kira, S. W. Koch, T. Meier, C. Sieh

Published Jan 1, 2002• 0 citations
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Abstract

A microscopic theory for optical semiconductor nonlinearities systematically including Coulomb correlation effects is able to explain AC Stark shifts measured with all possible pump/probe circular polarizations and gives evidence for a 3-level-atom-like intervalence band coherence.
DOI
10.1364/nlo.2002.wa1

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