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_id: '43413'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: We describe a novel three-pulse degenerate four-wave mixing configuration
    that permits the direct observation of the coherence between the σ+ and the σ−
    exciton states in a GaAs quantum well excited in a two-photon process. It is found
    that the phase coherence between the two single heavy-hole exciton states decays
    with a time constant that is considerably longer than the dephasing time of the
    coherence between these states and the ground state (interband coherence). All
    the experimental data are well described by numerical solutions of the optical
    Bloch equations for a phenomenological multilevel model.
author:
- first_name: Torsten
  full_name: Meier, Torsten
  id: '344'
  last_name: Meier
  orcid: 0000-0001-8864-2072
- first_name: K.
  full_name: Bott, K.
  last_name: Bott
- first_name: E.J.
  full_name: Mayer, E.J.
  last_name: Mayer
- first_name: G.O.
  full_name: Smith, G.O.
  last_name: Smith
- first_name: V.
  full_name: Heuckeroth, V.
  last_name: Heuckeroth
- first_name: M.
  full_name: Hübner, M.
  last_name: Hübner
- first_name: J.
  full_name: Kuhl, J.
  last_name: Kuhl
- first_name: A.
  full_name: Schulze, A.
  last_name: Schulze
- first_name: M.
  full_name: Lindberg, M.
  last_name: Lindberg
- first_name: S.W.
  full_name: Koch, S.W.
  last_name: Koch
- first_name: P.
  full_name: Thomas, P.
  last_name: Thomas
- first_name: R.
  full_name: Hey, R.
  last_name: Hey
- first_name: K.
  full_name: Ploog, K.
  last_name: Ploog
citation:
  ama: Meier T, Bott K, Mayer EJ, et al. Dephasing of interacting heavy-hole and light-hole
    excitons in GaAs quantum wells. <i>Journal of the Optical Society of America B</i>.
    1996;13(5):1026-1030. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.13.001026">10.1364/JOSAB.13.001026</a>
  apa: Meier, T., Bott, K., Mayer, E. J., Smith, G. O., Heuckeroth, V., Hübner, M.,
    Kuhl, J., Schulze, A., Lindberg, M., Koch, S. W., Thomas, P., Hey, R., &#38; Ploog,
    K. (1996). Dephasing of interacting heavy-hole and light-hole excitons in GaAs
    quantum wells. <i>Journal of the Optical Society of America B</i>, <i>13</i>(5),
    1026–1030. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.13.001026">https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.13.001026</a>
  bibtex: '@article{Meier_Bott_Mayer_Smith_Heuckeroth_Hübner_Kuhl_Schulze_Lindberg_Koch_et
    al._1996, title={Dephasing of interacting heavy-hole and light-hole excitons in
    GaAs quantum wells}, volume={13}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.13.001026">10.1364/JOSAB.13.001026</a>},
    number={5}, journal={Journal of the Optical Society of America B}, publisher={Optica
    Publishing Group}, author={Meier, Torsten and Bott, K. and Mayer, E.J. and Smith,
    G.O. and Heuckeroth, V. and Hübner, M. and Kuhl, J. and Schulze, A. and Lindberg,
    M. and Koch, S.W. and et al.}, year={1996}, pages={1026–1030} }'
  chicago: 'Meier, Torsten, K. Bott, E.J. Mayer, G.O. Smith, V. Heuckeroth, M. Hübner,
    J. Kuhl, et al. “Dephasing of Interacting Heavy-Hole and Light-Hole Excitons in
    GaAs Quantum Wells.” <i>Journal of the Optical Society of America B</i> 13, no.
    5 (1996): 1026–30. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.13.001026">https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.13.001026</a>.'
  ieee: 'T. Meier <i>et al.</i>, “Dephasing of interacting heavy-hole and light-hole
    excitons in GaAs quantum wells,” <i>Journal of the Optical Society of America
    B</i>, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 1026–1030, 1996, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.13.001026">10.1364/JOSAB.13.001026</a>.'
  mla: Meier, Torsten, et al. “Dephasing of Interacting Heavy-Hole and Light-Hole
    Excitons in GaAs Quantum Wells.” <i>Journal of the Optical Society of America
    B</i>, vol. 13, no. 5, Optica Publishing Group, 1996, pp. 1026–30, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.13.001026">10.1364/JOSAB.13.001026</a>.
  short: T. Meier, K. Bott, E.J. Mayer, G.O. Smith, V. Heuckeroth, M. Hübner, J. Kuhl,
    A. Schulze, M. Lindberg, S.W. Koch, P. Thomas, R. Hey, K. Ploog, Journal of the
    Optical Society of America B 13 (1996) 1026–1030.
date_created: 2023-04-05T13:45:07Z
date_updated: 2023-04-05T13:45:14Z
department:
- _id: '293'
doi: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.001026
extern: '1'
intvolume: '        13'
issue: '5'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- url: https://opg.optica.org/josab/abstract.cfm?uri=josab-13-5-1026
page: 1026-1030
publication: Journal of the Optical Society of America B
publication_status: published
publisher: Optica Publishing Group
status: public
title: Dephasing of interacting heavy-hole and light-hole excitons in GaAs quantum
  wells
type: journal_article
user_id: '49063'
volume: 13
year: '1996'
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