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Signatures of Quantum Correlations in a Semiconductor Microcavity
Author(s) -
Brick P.,
Ell C.,
Hübner M.,
Lyngnes O.,
Khitrova G.,
Gibbs H.M.,
Kira M.,
Jahnke F.,
Koch S.W.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3951(200009)221:1<107::aid-pssb107>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - physics , semiconductor , polarization (electrochemistry) , quantum well , quantum , transmission (telecommunications) , pulse (music) , condensed matter physics , optoelectronics , optics , atomic physics , quantum mechanics , laser , chemistry , electrical engineering , detector , engineering
Semiconductor microcavities are studied by resonant single‐beam and pump–probe experiments. A third transmission peak in the nonperturbative regime is observed, lying spectrally between the two normal modes. Its dependence on the pulse intensity, pump–probe delay, and pulse polarization is discussed. This intriguing effect is caused by intraband correlations induced by quantum fluctuations.