Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2006-11-08
Phys. Rev. B 76, 115307 (2007)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
5 pages, 1 figure
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.76.115307
A particular difficulty in studying many-body interactions in a solid is the absence of an experimental technique that can directly probe their key characteristics. We show that 2D Fourier spectroscopy provides an efficient tool for the measurement of critical parameters describing the effect of many-body interactions on the optical response of semiconductors. We develop the basic microscopic theory of 2D Fourier spectroscopy of semiconductors in the framework of the three-band model (heavy holes, light holes, and electrons). The theory includes many-body correlations nonperturbatively and can be generalized straightforwardly in order to describe 2D Fourier spectra obtained in atomic physics. We establish a relation between the 2D Fourier spectrum and the many-body correlations. It is shown, in particular, that 2D Fourier spectroscopy provides a principal possibility to establish experimentally the origin of the fast decay of the memory term describing the Coulomb interaction between heavy- and light-hole excitons. The theory is applied to an analysis of the available experimental data. Experiments providing more detailed information are suggested.
Erementchouk Mikhail
Leuenberger Michael N.
Sham L. J.
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