High excitation and short pulse phenomena : proceedings of the third Trieste ICTP-IUPAP Semiconductor Symposium, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 2-6 July 1984

High Excitation and Short Pulse Phenomena contains the proceeding of the Third Trieste ICTP-IUPAP Semiconductor Symposium on ""High Excitation and Short Pulse Phenomena"", held at the International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy on July, 2-6 1984. This book contains the keynote papers of the symposium and the contributions from the participants. It describes the non-equilibrium electron-hole plasmas in direct and indirect gap semiconductors; transport of plasmas and of hot carriers; and expansion velocities. The book also elucidates the screening effects involved in the exciton-plasma transition; the optical bistability and nonlinearity; and experimental techniques with short pulse spectroscopy. Other topics emphasized are the physical aspects of laser annealing and of melting at the highest excitation levels, as well as the results of high excitation and short pulse physics of quantum wells. The fast relaxation processes, as well as the carrier-carrier and carrier-phonon interactions are also explained. This material will serve as a source of information and reference, and will stimulate ways for further research. Content: Inside Front Cover , Page vi Front Matter , Page vii Copyright , Page viii PREFACE , Pages ix-x , A. Frova, E. Tosatti INTRODUCTION , Pages xi-xii , Manfred H. Pilkuhn ELECTRON-HOLE PLASMA GENERATION AND EVOLUTION IN SEMICONDUCTORS , Pages 1-17 , Monique COMBESCOT, Julien BOK NON-EQUILIBRIUM PLASMA: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT , Pages 18-36 , G. MAHLER, A. FOURIKIS PLASMA EXPANSION AND BAND-GAP RENORMALIZATION IN CdTe AND GaP , Pages 37-49 , H. SCHWEIZER, E. ZIELINSKI INELASTIC LIGHT SCATTERING IN HIGHLY EXCITED GaAs , Pages 50-64 , Heinz NATHER, Lucia G. QUAGLIANO ELECTRON-HOLE PLASMA IN Ga 1 − x Al x As: EXPANSION AND CONFINEMENT (extended abstract) , Pages 65-66 , A. SELLONI, M. CAPIZZI, S. MODESTI OPTICAL STUDIES OF FAST PLASMA TRANSPORT IN Si , Pages 67-81 , A. FORCHEL, B. LAURICH, H. HILLMER, G. TRÄNKLE, M. PILKUHN TRANSPORT OF DEGENERATE ELECTRON-HOLE PLASMAS IN Si AND Ge , Pages 82-113 , J.P. WOLFE ON THE INVESTIGATION OF THE DIFFUSION PROCESSES OF PHOTOEXCITED CARRIERS IN SILICON BY ps-REFLECTIVITY MEASUREMENTS , Pages 114-119 , H. BERGNER, V. BRÜCKNER, M. SCHUBERT HOT-CARRIER TRANSIENT TRANSPORT , Pages 120-143 , Carlo JACOBONI NEW TRANSPORT PHENOMENA IN VARIABLE GAP SEMICONDUCTORS AND THEIR DEVICE APPLICATIONS , Pages 144-153 , F. CAPASSO, B.F. LEVINE EXCITONIC VERSUS PLASMA SCREENING IN HIGHLY EXCITED GALLIUM ARSENIDE , Pages 154-161 , G.W. FEHRENBACH, W. SCHÄFER, R.G. ULBRICH PHOTOLUMINESCENCE OF GERMANIUM NEAR THE SCREENING IONIZATION LIMIT OF EXCITONS , Pages 162-170 , I. BALSLEV NONEQUILIBRIUM MANY-BODY THEORY OF OPTICAL NONLINEARITIES OF SEMICONDUCTORS , Pages 171-187 , H. HAUG NONLINEAR OPTICS AND PLASMA-INDUCED BISTABILITY IN CdS , Pages 188-203 , C. KLINGSHIRN, K. BOHNERT, H. KALT, V.G. LYSSENKO, K. KEMPF OPTICAL NONLINEARITY AND BISTABILITY OF CdS , Pages 204-216 , F. HENNEBERGER, J. PULS, H. ROSSMANN OPTICAL BISTABILITY IN CuCl , Pages 217-231 , J.B. GRUN, B. HÖNERLAGE, R. LEVY THEORY OF ABSORPTIVE BISTABILITY , Pages 232-242 , S.W. KOCH, H.E. SCHMIDT, H. HAUG PROGRESS IN FEMTOSECOND MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES , Pages 243-247 , C.V. SHANK CHIRPED AND CHIRP-FREE FEMTOSECOND PULSES IN PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED DYE LASERS , Pages 248-261 , V. BRÜCKNER, W. DIETEL, E. DÖPEL, W. RUDOLPH, B. WILHELMI HIGH DENSITY ELECTRON-HOLE PLASMA IN Si INDUCED BY FEMTOSECOND PULSES , Pages 262-271 , D. HULIN, A. MIGUS, C. TANGUY, A. ANTONETTI PULSEWIDTH-DEPENDENCE OF NONLINEAR ENERGY DEPOSITION AND REDISTRIBUTION IN Si, GaAs AND Ge DURING 1 μm PICOSECOND IRRADIATION , Pages 272-289 , Arthur L. SMIRL, Thomas F. BOGGESS, Steven C. MOSS, Ian W. BOYD SUBPICOSECOND TIME-RESOLVED MOTT TRANSITION IN CuCl , Pages 290-302 , D. HULIN, A. MYSYROWICZ, A. MIGUS, A. ANTONETTI PICOSECOND STUDIES OF HIGHLY EXCITED CdS , Pages 303-317 , Hiroshi SAITO ULTRAFAST RELAXATION PROCESSES IN SEMICONDUCTORS , Pages 318-332 , Roberto LUZZI HOT ELECTRON RELAXATION IN In 0.53 Ga 0.47 As , Pages 333-339 , Kathleen KASH, Jagdeep SHAH TRANSIENT ANISOTROPY EFFECTS IN THE ABSORPTION SATURATION OF GaAs , Pages 340-354 , J.L. OUDAR, I. ABRAM, A. MIGUS, D. HULIN, J. ETCHEPARE BOUND EXCITON FORMATION AND EXCITONIC LOCALIZATION IN SEMIMAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS , Pages 355-368 , A.V. NURMIKKO CARRIER RELAXATION IN InGaAs , Pages 369-374 , M.E. PRISE, M.R. TAGHIZADEH, B.S. WHERRETT, S.D. SMITH RAMAN PROBE STUDIES OF Nd: YAlG LASER GENERATED NON-EQUILIBRIUM EXCITATIONS IN GaAs , Pages 375-394 , Ralph BRAY, K. WAN STUDIES OF PULSED LASER MELTING AND RAPID SOLIDIFICATION USING AMORPHOUS SILICON , Pages 395-408 , D.H. LOWNDES, R.F. WOOD THERMAL DESCRIPTION OF LASER ANNEALING , Pages 409-424 , P. BAERI PHONON POPULATIONS DURING PULSED LASER ANNEALING , Pages 425-445 , A. COMPAAN LASER-INDUCED COHERENT MODULATION OF SOLID AND LIQUID SURFACES , Pages 446-471 , H.M. van DRIEL, J.E. SIPE, Jeff F. YOUNG ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEMS , Pages 472-487 , M. ALTARELLI COULOMBIC BOUND STATES IN SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS , Pages 488-501 , G. BASTARD TWO-DIMENSIONAL SEMICONDUCTORS: RECENT DEVELOPMENT , Pages 502-519 , D.S. CHEMLA EXCITONS IN GaAs QUANTUM WELLS , Pages 520-540 , R.C. MILLER, D.A. KLEINMAN SHORT PULSE PHYSICS OF QUANTUM WELL STRUCTURES , Pages 541-550 , E.O. GÖBEL, J. KUHL, R. HÖGER QUANTUM WELL LASERS , Pages 551-561 , L.C. CHIU, A. YARIV INJECTION, INTERSUBBAND RELAXATION AND RECOMBINATION IN GaAs MULTIPLE QUANTUM WELLS , Pages 562-579 , D. BIMBERG, J. CHRISTEN, A. STECKENBORN, G. WEIMANN, W. SCHLAPP THE EFFECTS OF PHOTOEXCITATION ON EXCITONS IN SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING SUPERLATTICES , Pages 580-584 , T.L. REINECKE, F. CROWNE EXCITONS AND ELECTRON–HOLE PLASMA IN QUASI-TWO-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS , Pages 585-596 , S. SCHMITT-RINK, C. ELL AUTHOR INDEX , Pages 597-600 SUBJECT INDEX , Pages 601-605