title: Coherent control of absorption and polarization decay in a GaAs quantum well: time and spectral domain studies
abstract: Two phase-locked pulses are used to coherently excite excitonic polarizations. It is shown that the second pulse can either be strongly amplified by taking up energy gained from the destruction of the exciton polarization or can be decreased drastically by giving up all its energy to excitons. Both the temporal and the spectral signatures of the transmitted pulse shapes agree well with model calculations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea.
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Yee
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Yee
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Hohng
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Meier
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Koch