Interferometric autocorrelation measurements of ultrafast two-photon nonlinearities in CdSe

Author

Ispasoiu, R.G. ; Schucan, G.-M. ; O´Sullivan, E.D. ; Fox, A.M. ; Ryan, Joseph F.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Oxford Univ., UK

fYear

1998

fDate

8-8 May 1998

Firstpage

59

Lastpage

60

Abstract

Summary form only given.We have demonstrated that CdSe is a promising material for applications in all-optical switching around 1.5 /spl mu/m. The nonlinear refractive index of 1.3/spl times/10/sup -13/ cm/sup 2//W compares favorably to that measured in AlGaAs around and is suitable for a number of nonlinear applications, including the recently demonstrated generation of quadrature-squeezed states of light around 1.5 /spl mu/m in CdSe.

Keywords

II-VI semiconductors; cadmium compounds; high-speed optical techniques; infrared sources; nonlinear optics; optical squeezing; optical switches; refractive index; 1.5 mum; CdSe; IR quadrature-squeezed state generation; all-optical switching; interferometric autocorrelation measurements; nonlinear applications; nonlinear refractive index; ultrafast two-photon nonlinearities; Autocorrelation; Detectors; Face detection; Frequency; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Phonons; Photoconductivity; Spectroscopy; Submillimeter wave measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quantum Electronics Conference, 1998. IQEC 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-541-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IQEC.1998.680125

Filename

680125