Pure dephasing induced by exciton-phonon interactions in narrow GaAs quantum wells
Pure dephasing induced by exciton-phonon interactions in narrow GaAs quantum wells
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DOI:
10.1016/s0038-1098(98)00461-x
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发表时间:
1998-11-13
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
Wang, HL
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作者:
Fan, XD;Takagahara, T;Wang, HL
We investigate both dephasing and population relaxation of excitons localized in quantum dot like islands in narrow GaAs quantum wells by using stimulated photon echoes. A direct comparison of these two closely related decay processes reveals a pure dephasing contribution that dominates excitonic dephasing at elevated temperatures but does not involve exciton population relaxation. The pure dephasing contribution arises from coupling of excitonic states with a continuum of acoustic phonons and is enhanced by 3D quantum confinement. Both the magnitude and the temperature dependence of the pure dephasing rate can be described by a theoretical model that generalizes the Huang-Rhys theory of F-centers. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.