Interaction of Strong Single-Cycle Terahertz Pulses with Semiconductor Quantum Wells

J. R. Danielson, Yun-Shik Lee, J. P. Prineas, J. T. Steiner, M. Kira, and S. W. Koch

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 237401 – Published 3 December 2007

Abstract

An experiment-theory comparison is presented to demonstrate terahertz-induced extreme-nonlinear transients in a $GaAs / AlGaAs$ quantum-well system. The terahertz-pump and optical-probe experiments show pronounced spectral modulations of the light- and heavy-hole excitonic resonances. Excellent agreement with the results of microscopic many-body calculations is obtained, identifying clear ponderomotive contributions and the generation of terahertz harmonics.

Received 12 June 2007

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.237401

Authors & Affiliations

J. R. Danielson¹, Yun-Shik Lee^1,*, J. P. Prineas², J. T. Steiner³, M. Kira³, and S. W. Koch³

¹Department of Physics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA
²Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
³Department of Physics and Material Sciences Center, Philipps-University, 35032 Marburg, Germany

^*leeys@physics.oregonstate.edu

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Vol. 99, Iss. 23 — 7 December 2007

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