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Phys. Rev. A 44, R5353–R5356 (1991)

Observation of optical precursors at pulse propagation in GaAs

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J. Aaviksoo
Institute of Physics, Estonian Academy of Science, 202 400 Tartu, Estonia, U.S.S.R.

J. Kuhl and K. Ploog
Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, D-7000 Stuttgart 80, Germany

Received 21 May 1991; published in the issue dated November 1991

We have observed optical precursors by studying propagation of ultrashort optical pulses with a steeply rising and an exponentially decaying trailing edge through a 0.2-μm-thick GaAs crystal near the exciton resonance. The appearance of a fast pulse front—the precursor—independent of the detuning with respect to the resonance, was accompanied by a delayed main pulse. The delay of the main pulse varies with detuning in according with theoretical predictions.

© 1991 The American Physical Society

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.44.R5353
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.44.R5353
PACS:
42.10.-s, 42.50.Md, 71.36.+c, 78.20.Bh