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Theory of 2D photon echo spectroscopy on quantum well intersubband dynamics

Thi Uyen-Khanh Dang, Marten Richter

Published Jan 1, 2013• 0 citations
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Abstract

Intersubband transitions in semiconductor quantum wells are inspected with light in meV range. For low densities electron-phonon interaction dominates the relaxation processes. We theoretically inspect relaxation processes visible in 2D photon echo experiments.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_qels.2013.jth2a.35

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