Study of ultrafast polarization and carrier dynamics in semiconductor nanostructures [Elektronische Ressource] : a THz spectroscopy approach / vorgelegt von Dmitry Turchinovich

Study of Ultrafast Polarizationand Carrier Dynamics inSemiconductor Nanostructures:a THz Spectroscopy ApproachInaugural-DissertationzurErlangung des Doktorgradesder Fakult¨ at fur¨ Mathematik und Physikder Albert-Ludwigs-Universit¨atFreiburg im Breisgauvorgelegt vonDmitry Turchinovichaus St.Petersburgim Mai 2004Dekan: Prof. Dr. Rolf SchneiderLeiter der Arbeit: HD Dr. Peter Uhd JepsenReferent: HD Dr. Peter Uhd JepsenKorreferent: Prof. Dr. Hellmut HaberlandTag der Verkundig¨ ungdes Prufung¨ sergebnisses: 01.07.20042Publications in Refereed JournalsPart of the work presented in this thesis is based on the following pub-lications in refereed journals:• D.Turchinovich, A.Kammoun, P.Knobloch, T.Dobbertin, and M.Koch”Flexible all-plastic mirrors for the THz range”Appl. Phys. A 74, 291 (2002)• D.Turchinovich, K.Pierz, and P.Uhd Jepsen”InAs/GaAs quantum dots as efficient free carrier deep traps”phys. stat. sol. (c) 0, 1556 (2003)• D.Turchinovich, P.Uhd Jepsen, B.S.Monozon, M.Koch, S.Lahmann, U.Rossow,and A.Hangleiter”Ultrafast polarization dynamics in biased quantum wells under strong fem-tosecond optical excitation”Phys. Rev. B 68, 241307(R) (2003)• D.Turchinovich, B.S.Monozon, M.Koch, S.Lahmann, A.Hangleiter, and P.UhdJepsen”Ultrafast polarization dynamics in optically excited biased quantum wells”Proceedings of SPIE 5354, 151 (2004)• D.Turchinovich, P.Uhd Jepsen, and B.S.