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Frontiers in Optics

Two-Dimensional Coherent Spectroscopy of Strained GaAs

Alan D. Bristow, Brian L. Wilmer, Daniel Webber, Kimberley C. Hall

Published Jan 1, 2016• 0 citations
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Abstract

For 2D coherent spectroscopy of thick GaAs layers, increasing strain shows that separation between heavy- and light-hole excitons increases, strength of off-diagonal coherences become asymmetric, homogenous linewidths increase and become distinct, and inhomogeneous broadening increases.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2016.ftu3f.3

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