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Collective effects in excitonic free induction decay: do semiconductors and atoms emit coherent light in different ways?

  • S. Weiss
  • , MA Mycek
  • , JY Bigot
  • , Rink S Schmitt
  • , DS Chemla

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Abstract

We show that the many-body interactions among excitons govern the temporal line shape of the coherent (free induction decay) emission from semiconductor quantum walls. At low exciton densities, they become the dominant contribution to the emission.
Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)2685-2688
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume69
Issue number18
StatePublished - 1992

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