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Speckle-averaged resonant Rayleigh scattering from quantum-well excitons

Benoît Marie Joseph Deveaud, Vincenzo Savona, Stefan Haacke
2000
Journal Articles

Abstract

We have measured the ultrafast resonant Rayleigh scattering from quantum-well excitons using Fourier-transform spectral interferometry. The experiment simultaneously measures a statistically significant number of speckles with 100 fs temporal resolution. We show that theories based on ensemble averaging can he compared directly with the experimental resonant Rayleigh scattering dynamics.

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Benoît Marie Joseph Deveaud, Vincenzo Savona, Stefan Haacke
2000
Journal Articles

Abstract

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/c7d40bdb-6194-43b7-8456-8c03fb6a0247

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