@article{4292, abstract = {{We outline a theoretical description of the absorption linewidth of quantum well intersubband transitions by solving Maxwell’s equations for a non-local susceptibility including many particle effects. We show that the intersubband absorption results from a complex interplay between mean-field effects, dephasing contributions and light propagation effects, all being very sensitive to subband dispersion.}}, author = {{Waldmüller, Inès and Woerner, Michael and Förstner, Jens and Knorr, Andreas}}, issn = {{0370-1972}}, journal = {{physica status solidi (b)}}, keywords = {{tet_topic_qw}}, number = {{3}}, pages = {{474--477}}, publisher = {{Wiley}}, title = {{{Theory of the lineshape of quantum well intersubband transitions: optical dephasing and light propagation effects}}}, doi = {{10.1002/pssb.200303165}}, volume = {{238}}, year = {{2003}}, }