DocumentCode
2655824
Title
Sub-picosecond room temperature magneto-optical sampling with Cd1-xMnxTe
Author
Wang, Daozhi ; Verevkin, Aleksandr ; Sobolewski, Roman ; Mikulics, Martin ; Adam, Roman ; Kordos, Peter ; Mycielski, Andrzej
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rochester Univ., NY, USA
Volume
3
fYear
2005
fDate
22-27 May 2005
Firstpage
1932
Abstract
We demonstrate the femtosecond Faraday effect in Cd0.88Mn0.12Te single crystals and its implementation in room-temperature magneto-optical sampling. Our technique is highly sensitive and capable of measuring sub-picosecond magnetic transients generated by a free-standing LT-GaAs photoswitch.
Keywords
Faraday effect; cadmium compounds; gallium arsenide; high-speed optical techniques; magnetic semiconductors; manganese compounds; optical materials; optical switches; 293 to 298 K; Cd0.88Mn0.12Te; Cd0.88Mn0.12Te crystals; GaAs; femtosecond Faraday effect; free-standing low-temperature-grown GaAs photoswitch; room-temperature magneto-optical sampling; sub-picosecond magnetic transient generation; Electromagnetic transients; Magnetic field measurement; Optical polarization; Power system transients; Probes; Sampling methods; Switches; Temperature; Transducers; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN
1-55752-796-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/QELS.2005.1549332
Filename
1549332
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