Transition between different coherent light-matter interaction regimes analyzed by phase-resolved pulse propagation.
We present phase-resolved pulse propagation measurements that allow us to fully describe the transition between several light-matter interaction regimes. The complete range from linear excitation to the breakdown of the photonic bandgap on to self-induced transmission and self-phase modulation is studied on a high-quality multiple-quantum-well Bragg structure. An improved fast-scanning cross-correlation frequency-resolved optical gating setup is applied to retrieve the pulse phase with an excellent signal-to-noise ratio. Calculations using the semiconductor Maxwell-Bloch equations show qualitative agreement with the experimental findings.
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Tilman
T
Max-Planck-Institut für Festkorperforschung, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany. t.hoener@fkf.mpg.de
Nielsen
Nils C
NC
Kuhl
Jürgen
J
Schaarschmidt
Martin
M
Förstner
Jens
J
Knorr
Andreas
A
Khitrova
Galina
G
Gibbs
Hyatt M
HM
Koch
Stephan W
SW
Giessen
Harald
H