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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1549332