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Large and well resolved excitonic resonances are observed at room temperature in the absorption spectra of GaAs/AlGaAs and GalnAs/AlInAs quantum well structures. They arise from the enhancement of excitonic effects due to the carrier confinement in ultra-thin semiconductor layers. In these lectures we review the physics and applications to optoelectronics of the nonlinear optical and electro-optical effects associated with these resonances.
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Chemla, D.S. (1987). Quantum Well Structures for Optical Signal Processing. In: Di Bartolo, B. (eds) Spectroscopy of Solid-State Laser-Type Materials. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0899-7_20
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