Published October 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Repetition of the shape of the ultrafast self-modulation of the optical absorption spectrum upon varying the energy of pulse of GaAs pumping

  • 1. Russian Academy of Sciences, Kotel'nikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics (Russian Federation)

Description

Ultrafast self-modulation of the fundamental optical absorption emerges during intense picosecond optical pumping of GaAs and, according to the main assumption, reflects self-oscillations of depletion of electron populations in the conduction band. In this study, the quantitatively confirmed explanation of previously experimentally found cyclic repetition of the form of ultrafast self-modulation of the absorption spectrum upon varying the energy of the pumping pulse and fixed delay between pumping and probing (the measurement of absorption) is given. Repetition of the shape is explained by varying the phase of self-oscillations of the optical absorption. The explanation is based on the previously found experimentally dependence of the frequency of self-oscillations of absorption on the pumping energy. Therefore, this is also a new confirmation of the mentioned dependence (which satisfactorily coincides with a similar calculated dependence of the frequency of self-oscillations of depletion of populations).

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Journal Title
Semiconductors
Journal Volume
44
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 1285-1288
ISSN
1063-7826
CODEN
SMICES

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
43040026
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Descriptors DEI
ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTRA; ELECTRONS; GALLIUM ARSENIDES; MODULATION; OPTICAL PUMPING; OSCILLATIONS; POPULATIONS; PULSES
Descriptors DEC
ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; ARSENIDES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; LEPTONS; PNICTIDES; PUMPING; SORPTION; SPECTRA

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