Transition between different coherent light–matter interaction regimes analyzed by phase-resolved pulse propagation
Tilman Höner zu Siederdissen, Nils C. Nielsen, Jürgen Kuhl, Martin Schaarschmidt, Jens Förstner, Andreas Knorr, G. Khitrova, Hyatt M. Gibbs, S. W. Koch, Harald W. Giessen · Optics Letters · 2005
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.