Ultrafast nonlinear optical response of photoexcited Ge/SiGe quantum wells: Evidence for a femtosecond transient population inversion

C. Lange; N. S. Köster; S. Chatterjee; H. Sigg; D. Chrastina; G. Isella; H. Von Känel; M. Schäfer; M. Kira; S. W. Koch

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.79.201306

Ultrafast nonlinear optical response of photoexcited Ge/SiGe quantum wells: Evidence for a femtosecond transient population inversion

C. Lange, N. S. Köster, S. Chatterjee, H. Sigg, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, H. Von Känel, M. Schäfer, M. Kira, S. W. Koch

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Femtosecond time-resolved pump-probe spectroscopy is used to investigate the ultrafast carrier dynamics of Ge/SiGe quantum wells grown on a Si substrate. Pronounced nonequilibrium effects in the relaxation dynamics of the optically injected carrier distributions are observed and analyzed using a microscopic many-body theory. Transient population inversion and optical gain is obtained on a femtosecond time scale for excitation at energies slightly above the lowest direct quantum-well transition.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	201306
Journal	Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume	79
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.79.201306
State	Published - May 1 2009

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Lange, C., Köster, N. S., Chatterjee, S., Sigg, H., Chrastina, D., Isella, G., Von Känel, H., Schäfer, M., Kira, M., & Koch, S. W. (2009). Ultrafast nonlinear optical response of photoexcited Ge/SiGe quantum wells: Evidence for a femtosecond transient population inversion. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 79(20), [201306]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.79.201306

Ultrafast nonlinear optical response of photoexcited Ge/SiGe quantum wells : Evidence for a femtosecond transient population inversion. / Lange, C.; Köster, N. S.; Chatterjee, S.; Sigg, H.; Chrastina, D.; Isella, G.; Von Känel, H.; Schäfer, M.; Kira, M.; Koch, S. W.

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Lange, C, Köster, NS, Chatterjee, S, Sigg, H, Chrastina, D, Isella, G, Von Känel, H, Schäfer, M, Kira, M & Koch, SW 2009, 'Ultrafast nonlinear optical response of photoexcited Ge/SiGe quantum wells: Evidence for a femtosecond transient population inversion', Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, vol. 79, no. 20, 201306. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.79.201306

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