Title :
Light-induced ionic displacement in CdZnTe:V crystals giving rise to crystalline symmetry breaking and giant nonlinearities
Author :
Shwartz, Sharon ; Weil, Raoul ; Segev, Mordechai ; Berger, Shlomo ; Lakin, Eugene ; Zolotoyabko, Emil ; Menon, Vinod M. ; Forrest, Stephen R. ; El-Hanany, Uri
Author_Institution :
Solid State Inst., Phys. Dept., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa
Abstract :
We report on direct experimental evidence that light-induced ionic displacement, driven by charge separation, is responsible for the enormous enhancement of the nonlinear properties of CdZnTe:V crystals.
Keywords :
II-VI semiconductors; cadmium compounds; crystal symmetry; nonlinear optics; semiconductor doping; vanadium; CdZnTe:V; charge separation; crystalline symmetry; giant nonlinearity; light-induced ionic displacement; nonlinear property; Capacitance; Crystallization; Crystals; Dielectric measurements; Electrical resistance measurement; Electrostriction; Impedance measurement; Lighting; Nonlinear optics; Strain measurement; (190.5940) Self-action effects; (230.1150) All-optical devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627571
