title: Phase coherent photorefractivity in ZnSe single quantum wells.
abstract: We observe an efficient phase coherent photorefractive effect in ZnSe single quantum wells for ultrashort light pulses resonant to the excitonic transition. The effect is attributed to the formation of an electron grating in the quantum well induced by the interference of coherent excitons that preserve phase and polarization of the incident light fields. All characteristic features of the diffracted signal are explained and reproduced by numerical calculations that are based on the optical Bloch equations for a three-level system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0011, USA.
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tripathy
authors.forename: H-P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Tranitz
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Langbein