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Investigation of narrow-band semiconductor quantum well structures using a synchronously-pumped optical parametric oscillator

Investigation of narrow-band semiconductor quantum well structures using a synchronously-pumped optical parametric oscillator
Investigation of narrow-band semiconductor quantum well structures using a synchronously-pumped optical parametric oscillator
Measurements of spin relaxation processes were made in the technologically interesting InGaAs/InP quantum well system. The first non-linear pump and probe measurements were performed in a single 80Å lattice-matched InGaAs/InP quantum well layer. To make these measurements a synchronously-pumped parametric oscillator was constructed, using periodically-poled lithium niobate as its non-linear element. Investigations of dominant carrier species and their associated spin relaxation were made as a function of temperature. A model was constructed for comparison to the experimental data showing the dominance of excitons at low temperature, with un-bound electron-hole effects dominating at temperatures above 100K.
Marsden, Philip Andrew
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Marsden, Philip Andrew
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Marsden, Philip Andrew (2001) Investigation of narrow-band semiconductor quantum well structures using a synchronously-pumped optical parametric oscillator. University of Southampton, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Doctoral Thesis.

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Measurements of spin relaxation processes were made in the technologically interesting InGaAs/InP quantum well system. The first non-linear pump and probe measurements were performed in a single 80Å lattice-matched InGaAs/InP quantum well layer. To make these measurements a synchronously-pumped parametric oscillator was constructed, using periodically-poled lithium niobate as its non-linear element. Investigations of dominant carrier species and their associated spin relaxation were made as a function of temperature. A model was constructed for comparison to the experimental data showing the dominance of excitons at low temperature, with un-bound electron-hole effects dominating at temperatures above 100K.

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Published date: 1 June 2001
Organisations: University of Southampton

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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/30239
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Date deposited: 01 Jun 2006
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 07:39

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Author: Philip Andrew Marsden

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