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_id: '43302'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: In this chapter a microscopic many-body theory is reviewed that allows one
    to compute the linear and nonlinear optical properties of semiconductor superlattices
    in the presence of homogeneous electric fields applied in the growth direction.
    The theory includes the process of optical excitation, the Coulomb interaction
    among the carriers, carrier-phonon coupling, and the acceleration induced by the
    electric field. Coherent phenomena induced by dc and ac fields, like Bloch oscillations
    and dynamical localization, are introduced and discussed. The theoretical analysis
    concentrates on the signatures and observability of such phenomena in linear and
    nonlinear optical experiments.
author:
- first_name: Torsten
  full_name: Meier, Torsten
  id: '344'
  last_name: Meier
  orcid: 0000-0001-8864-2072
- first_name: P.
  full_name: Thomas, P.
  last_name: Thomas
- first_name: S.W.
  full_name: Koch, S.W.
  last_name: Koch
citation:
  ama: 'Meier T, Thomas P, Koch SW. Coherent Dynamics of Photoexcited Semiconductor
    Superlattices with Applied Homogeneous Electric Fields. In: Tsen KT, ed. <i>Ultrafast
    Phenomena in Semiconductors</i>. Springer; 2001:1-92. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0203-2_1">10.1007/978-1-4613-0203-2_1</a>'
  apa: Meier, T., Thomas, P., &#38; Koch, S. W. (2001). Coherent Dynamics of Photoexcited
    Semiconductor Superlattices with Applied Homogeneous Electric Fields. In K. T.
    Tsen (Ed.), <i>Ultrafast Phenomena in Semiconductors</i> (pp. 1–92). Springer.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0203-2_1">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0203-2_1</a>
  bibtex: '@inbook{Meier_Thomas_Koch_2001, place={New York}, title={Coherent Dynamics
    of Photoexcited Semiconductor Superlattices with Applied Homogeneous Electric
    Fields}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0203-2_1">10.1007/978-1-4613-0203-2_1</a>},
    booktitle={Ultrafast Phenomena in Semiconductors}, publisher={Springer}, author={Meier,
    Torsten and Thomas, P. and Koch, S.W.}, editor={Tsen, K.T.}, year={2001}, pages={1–92}
    }'
  chicago: 'Meier, Torsten, P. Thomas, and S.W. Koch. “Coherent Dynamics of Photoexcited
    Semiconductor Superlattices with Applied Homogeneous Electric Fields.” In <i>Ultrafast
    Phenomena in Semiconductors</i>, edited by K.T. Tsen, 1–92. New York: Springer,
    2001. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0203-2_1">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0203-2_1</a>.'
  ieee: 'T. Meier, P. Thomas, and S. W. Koch, “Coherent Dynamics of Photoexcited Semiconductor
    Superlattices with Applied Homogeneous Electric Fields,” in <i>Ultrafast Phenomena
    in Semiconductors</i>, K. T. Tsen, Ed. New York: Springer, 2001, pp. 1–92.'
  mla: Meier, Torsten, et al. “Coherent Dynamics of Photoexcited Semiconductor Superlattices
    with Applied Homogeneous Electric Fields.” <i>Ultrafast Phenomena in Semiconductors</i>,
    edited by K.T. Tsen, Springer, 2001, pp. 1–92, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0203-2_1">10.1007/978-1-4613-0203-2_1</a>.
  short: 'T. Meier, P. Thomas, S.W. Koch, in: K.T. Tsen (Ed.), Ultrafast Phenomena
    in Semiconductors, Springer, New York, 2001, pp. 1–92.'
date_created: 2023-04-02T13:58:44Z
date_updated: 2023-04-02T13:58:46Z
department:
- _id: '293'
doi: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0203-2_1
editor:
- first_name: K.T.
  full_name: Tsen, K.T.
  last_name: Tsen
extern: '1'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- url: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4613-0203-2_1
page: 1-92
place: New York
publication: Ultrafast Phenomena in Semiconductors
publication_identifier:
  isbn:
  - 978-1-4612-6562-7
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer
status: public
title: Coherent Dynamics of Photoexcited Semiconductor Superlattices with Applied
  Homogeneous Electric Fields
type: book_chapter
user_id: '49063'
year: '2001'
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