Abstract

A convenient method for generating upshifted and harmonically-generated terahertz transients via the creation of highly anisotropic electron-hole wavepackets in quantum wells is described. Our results are in agreement with experimental measurements.

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Two-pulse nondegenerate excitation of electron–hole wave packets in quantum wells:?tunable terahertz emission

S. Hughes and D. S. Citrin
Opt. Lett. 24(8) 560-562 (1999)

Interaction of terahertz transients and broadband optical pulses in quantum wells

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Tunable terahertz emission through multiple Rabi flopping in a dc-biased quantum well:?a new strategy

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Dynamic Franz–Keldysh effect:?excitonic versus free-carrier excitation schemes

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Broadband terahertz emission through exciton trapping in a semiconductor quantum well

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Opt. Lett. 26(1) 1-3 (2001)