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_id: '43269'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: The derivation of a microscopic many-body theory for the nonlinear optical
    response of semiconductors is reviewed. At the Hartree–Fock level, the semiconductor
    Bloch equations include many-body effects via band gap and field renormalization.
    These equations are sufficient to describe excitonic resonances as they appear
    already in the linear absorption spectra. An adequate description of nonlinear
    optical effects in semiconductors beyond the Hartree–Fock level includes Coulomb
    interaction induced carrier correlations. Different schemes have been developed
    to treat such correlation effects. As two examples, the second-order Born approximation
    and the dynamics-controlled truncation scheme are introduced and analyzed. In
    addition to the derivation of the equations of motion, a few examples are presented
    which highlight important signatures of many-body correlations in the optical
    response of semiconductors.
author:
- first_name: Torsten
  full_name: Meier, Torsten
  id: '344'
  last_name: Meier
  orcid: 0000-0001-8864-2072
- first_name: S.W.
  full_name: Koch, S.W.
  last_name: Koch
citation:
  ama: 'Meier T, Koch SW. Microscopic Theory of Coherent Semiconductor Optics. In:
    <i>Quantum Coherence: From Quarks to Solids</i>. Vol 689. Lecture Notes in Physics.
    Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg; 2006:115-152. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/11398448_4">10.1007/11398448_4</a>'
  apa: 'Meier, T., &#38; Koch, S. W. (2006). Microscopic Theory of Coherent Semiconductor
    Optics. In <i>Quantum Coherence: From Quarks to Solids</i> (Vol. 689, pp. 115–152).
    Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/11398448_4">https://doi.org/10.1007/11398448_4</a>'
  bibtex: '@inbook{Meier_Koch_2006, place={Austria}, series={Lecture Notes in Physics},
    title={Microscopic Theory of Coherent Semiconductor Optics}, volume={689}, DOI={<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1007/11398448_4">10.1007/11398448_4</a>}, booktitle={Quantum
    Coherence: From Quarks to Solids}, publisher={Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg}, author={Meier,
    Torsten and Koch, S.W.}, year={2006}, pages={115–152}, collection={Lecture Notes
    in Physics} }'
  chicago: 'Meier, Torsten, and S.W. Koch. “Microscopic Theory of Coherent Semiconductor
    Optics.” In <i>Quantum Coherence: From Quarks to Solids</i>, 689:115–52. Lecture
    Notes in Physics. Austria: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2006. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/11398448_4">https://doi.org/10.1007/11398448_4</a>.'
  ieee: 'T. Meier and S. W. Koch, “Microscopic Theory of Coherent Semiconductor Optics,”
    in <i>Quantum Coherence: From Quarks to Solids</i>, vol. 689, Austria: Springer,
    Berlin, Heidelberg, 2006, pp. 115–152.'
  mla: 'Meier, Torsten, and S. W. Koch. “Microscopic Theory of Coherent Semiconductor
    Optics.” <i>Quantum Coherence: From Quarks to Solids</i>, vol. 689, Springer,
    Berlin, Heidelberg, 2006, pp. 115–52, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/11398448_4">10.1007/11398448_4</a>.'
  short: 'T. Meier, S.W. Koch, in: Quantum Coherence: From Quarks to Solids, Springer,
    Berlin, Heidelberg, Austria, 2006, pp. 115–152.'
date_created: 2023-04-01T22:51:57Z
date_updated: 2023-04-01T22:52:00Z
department:
- _id: '293'
doi: 10.1007/11398448_4
extern: '1'
intvolume: '       689'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/11398448_4
oa: '1'
page: 115-152
place: Austria
publication: 'Quantum Coherence: From Quarks to Solids'
publication_identifier:
  isbn:
  - 978-3-540-30085-4
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
series_title: Lecture Notes in Physics
status: public
title: Microscopic Theory of Coherent Semiconductor Optics
type: book_chapter
user_id: '49063'
volume: 689
year: '2006'
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