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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 February 2011
An analysis of the ultrafast response of Ge quantum dots, with average radii of 4 nm and 16 nm, is reported here. Pump and probe experiments allowed investigation of the wavelength region between 450 and 750 nrm, characterized by the absorption peaks due to the E, and E1+Δ1 interband transitions. Two different time regimes have been identified: a first one (τ ≤ 1 ps) associated with pump-induced conduction band filling in the τ-L direction in the Brillouin zone; a second one (τ up to 100 ps) associated with band gap renormalization caused by the carrier interaction in the conduction band. Quantum confinement effects show up in terms of sizedependent blueshift of the E1+Δ1 spectral feature.