Optical gain and ultrafast nonlinear response in GaAs/AlAs type-II quantum wells
- Photonics Research Incorporated, 350 Interlocken Parkway, Broomfield, Colorado 80021 (United States)
- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185 (United States)
- Solid State Electronics Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 (United States)
We describe the femtosecond {ital optical} {ital gain} nonlinearities for the unusual case of electrons which are distributed between the direct-GaAs and indirect-AlAs layers in a GaAs/AlAs type-II multiple quantum-well (MQW) structure. Due to the spatial separation of electrons from the holes, we observe a significant increase in the gain lifetime ({gt}150 ps) in type-II MQWs, as compared to type -I MQWs ({similar to}50 ps). In addition, we investigate the effect of a longitudinal electric field on {Gamma}-{ital X} energy splitting in type-II structures. Finally, at early times we observe an ultrafast nonlinear optical response in the gain/absorption spectra which we attributed to electron-hole scattering without carrier loss.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 7164017
- Journal Information:
- Applied Physics Letters; (United States), Vol. 61:14; ISSN 0003-6951
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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PHOTO-INDUCED TRANSIENT SPECTROSCOPY
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STARK EFFECT
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