Semiconductor-Bloch Equations

The semiconductor

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semiconductors A semiconductor is a material which has an electrical resistivity and conductivity, electrical conductivity value falling between that of a electrical conductor, conductor, such as copper, and an insulator (electricity), insulator, such as glas ...

excited by

coherent Coherence, coherency, or coherent may refer to the following: Physics * Coherence (physics), an ideal property of waves that enables stationary (i.e. temporally and spatially constant) interference * Coherence (units of measurement), a deri ...

classical light sources, such as lasers. They are based on a full quantum theory, and form a closed set of

integro-differential equation In mathematics, an integro-differential equation is an equation that involves both integrals and derivatives of a function. General first order linear equations The general first-order, linear (only with respect to the term involving derivative ...

s for the quantum dynamics of microscopic

polarization Polarization or polarisation may refer to: Mathematics *Polarization of an Abelian variety, in the mathematics of complex manifolds *Polarization of an algebraic form, a technique for expressing a homogeneous polynomial in a simpler fashion by ...

and

charge carrier In physics, a charge carrier is a particle or quasiparticle that is free to move, carrying an electric charge, especially the particles that carry electric charges in electrical conductors. Examples are electrons, ions and holes. The term is used ...

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