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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Two-dimensional Fourier transform optical spectroscopy of GaAs quantum wells

C.N. Borca, Tianhao Zhang, S.T. Cundiff

Published Jan 1, 2004• 0 citations
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Abstract

Two-dimensional Fourier-transform optical spectroscopy is demonstrated on GaAs quantum-wells. The signal is measured phase coherently with respect to the evolution time, enabling Fourier analysis. Coupling between heavy and light hole excitons yields cross-peaks.
DOI
10.1364/iqec.2004.imf7

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