• DocumentCode
    2258170
  • Title

    Chirp controls nonlinear response of excitons in Semiconductor quantum wells

  • Author

    Smith, Ryan P. ; Hunter, Andrew E. ; Funk, Andrew C. ; Cundiff, Steven ; Kira, Mackillo ; Koch, StephanW

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We characterize chirped excitation on excitonic resonances in GaAs quantum wells using spectrally resolved transient absorption. Positive chirp enhances nonlinearities, despite the increased pulse duration compared with transform-limited excitation.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; chirp modulation; excitons; gallium arsenide; semiconductor quantum wells; GaAs; GaAs quantum wells; chirped excitation; excitonic resonances; nonlinear response; nonlinearities; positive chirp; pulse duration; semiconductor quantum wells; spectrally resolved transient absorption; transform-limited excitation; Absorption; Chirp; Gallium arsenide; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Probes; Resonant frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951377
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2258170