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Applied Physics Letters

Optical switching of quantum interference through exchange interactions between coherent electron waves and photoexcited virtual excitons

M. Yamanishi, Y. Osaka, Kazuki Yamatani, S. Agou

Published Dec 31, 1990• 1 citation
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Abstract

Proposed and analyzed is an ultrafast modulation scheme for electron quantum interference based on exchange interactions between coherent electron waves and photoexcited virtual excitons in quantum wire interferometers.
DOI
10.1063/1.103746

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