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Time-resolved measurements of the polarization state of four-wave mixing signals from GaAs multiple quantum wells

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The complete polarization state of the degenerate four-wave mixing signal from a GaAs/AlxGa1-xAs multiple quantum well is determined by time resolution of all four of its Stokes parameters as a function of the relative angle between the two linear input polarizations. The degree of ellipticity and the orientation of the polarization ellipse are both observed to vary dramatically in time, and the temporal evolution is found to depend strongly on the orientation of the input polarizations. These time-resolved results are shown to be consistent with previous measurements of the time-integrated Stokes parameters and to provide new constraints for physical models. The results are shown to be qualitatively consistent with a phenomenological model requiring the inclusion of both many-body interactions and biexcitonic effects.

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