Ultrafast dynamics of holes in GaAs probed by two-color femtosecond spectroscopy

Autor: F. Ganikhanov, K. C. Burr, C. L. Tang
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: Applied Physics Letters. 73:64-66
ISSN: 1077-3118
0003-6951
DOI: 10.1063/1.121724
Popis: Ultrafast relaxation dynamics of light and heavy holes in GaAs following femtosecond valence-to-conduction-band excitation are measured by probing the light- and heavy-to-split-off hole transitions at different midinfrared wavelengths using the recently developed broadly tunable femtosecond optical parametric oscillator. The initial relaxation times are less than 75 fs, and a spectral hole-burning effect is seen. The results suggest that carrier–carrier and optical-phonon scattering, in particular, polar optical-phonon scattering, are the primary processes leading to the initial redistribution of heavy and light holes.
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