Polarization-dependent optical 2D Fourier transform spectroscopy of semiconductors

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Sep 4;104(36):14227-32. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0701273104. Epub 2007 Jul 13.

Abstract

Optical 2D Fourier transform spectroscopy (2DFTS) provides insight into the many-body interactions in direct gap semiconductors by separating the contributions to the coherent nonlinear optical response. We demonstrate these features of optical 2DFTS by studying the heavy-hole and light-hole excitonic resonances in a gallium arsenide quantum well at low temperature. Varying the polarization of the incident beams exploits selection rules to achieve further separation. Calculations using a full many-body theory agree well with experimental results and unambiguously demonstrate the dominance of many-body physics.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Magnetics
  • Semiconductors
  • Spectrophotometry, Infrared / methods*