TY - JOUR
T1 - Resonance Rayleigh scattering from semiconductor heterostructures
T2 - The role of radiative coupling
AU - Grote, B.
AU - Ell, C.
AU - Koch, S. W.
AU - Gibbs, H. M.
AU - Khitrova, G.
AU - Prineas, J. P.
AU - Shah, J.
PY - 2001/1/1
Y1 - 2001/1/1
N2 - The resonance Rayleigh scattering from disordered semiconductor heterostructures is investigated. Within a generalized transfer-matrix approach, the propagation of the optical field and the linear material response in the presence of disorder are solved self-consistently. To investigate the role of radiative coupling, studies for a single quantum well, multiple quantum wells, and a quantum well embedded in a microcavity are performed. It is shown that the dynamics of the resonance Rayleigh scattered signals is not only determined by the underlying disorder potential, but also by the properties of the polaritonic eigenmodes of the system. In certain cases the polaritonic coupling effects even dominate over the disorder.
AB - The resonance Rayleigh scattering from disordered semiconductor heterostructures is investigated. Within a generalized transfer-matrix approach, the propagation of the optical field and the linear material response in the presence of disorder are solved self-consistently. To investigate the role of radiative coupling, studies for a single quantum well, multiple quantum wells, and a quantum well embedded in a microcavity are performed. It is shown that the dynamics of the resonance Rayleigh scattered signals is not only determined by the underlying disorder potential, but also by the properties of the polaritonic eigenmodes of the system. In certain cases the polaritonic coupling effects even dominate over the disorder.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.045330
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.045330
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0035878362
VL - 64
JO - Physical Review B-Condensed Matter
JF - Physical Review B-Condensed Matter
SN - 0163-1829
IS - 4
ER -