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

S. Weiss; M. A. Mycek; J. Y. Bigot; S. Schmitt-Rink; D. S. Chemla

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.69.2685

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

S. Weiss, M. A. Mycek, J. Y. Bigot, S. Schmitt-Rink, D. S. Chemla

University of California at Berkeley

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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 language	English
Pages (from-to)	2685-2688
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	69
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.69.2685
State	Published - 1992
Externally published	Yes

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