In this work, the ultrafast dynamics of highly energetic bound and free carriers in the semiconductors GaAs and CdTe is investigated. Especially the coherent coupling of excited carriers with photons and phonons is thoroughly analyzed. Highly energetic excitons - created at the surface of semiconductors - are detected via sensitive nonlinear spectroscopy and characterized concerning their interaction with the crystal lattice and their behaviour near the boundaries. Coherent states consisting of a mixture of both excitons and LO-phonons are observed in the weakly polar GaAs. For the first time, the phase relaxation of free carriers in GaAs is studied covering a wide range of excitation densities. Systematic measurements yield the time for the occupation relaxation of conduction band electrons due to the emission of LO-phonons of 240 fs and 75 fs in GaAs and CdTe, respectively.
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In this work, the ultrafast dynamics of highly energetic bound and free carriers in the semiconductors GaAs and CdTe is investigated. Especially the coherent coupling of excited carriers with photons and phonons is thoroughly analyzed. Highly energetic excitons - created at the surface of semiconductors - are detected via sensitive nonlinear spectroscopy and characterized concerning their interaction with the crystal lattice and their behaviour near the boundaries. Coherent states consisting of...
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