Abstract
An examination of the contribution of excitons, compared to the continuum states, to the optical properties of GaAs/AlGaAs multiple quantum wells illuminates the mechanisms underlying nonlinear absorption and nonlinear refraction and yields information which is useful for optimizing devices which incorporate these materials. We have measured the absorption as a function of intensity at three different wavelengths—above the band edge, on the excitonic resonance, and far below the band edge—to separate the effects. We find that different well thicknesses have different saturation intensities both for excitonic and continuum absorption.
© 1987 Optical Society of America
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