• DocumentCode
    2883473
  • Title

    Theory of ultrafast optical gain in the nonlinear reflectivity of semiconductor Bragg structures

  • Author

    Nguyen, D.T. ; Kwong, N.H. ; Binder, R. ; Smirl, Arthur L.

  • Author_Institution
    Coll. of Opt. Sci., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present a microscopic theory for the nonlinear reflection of semiconductor Bragg structures. Our theoretical results showing ultrafast optical gain complement recent experimental observations and allow for the identification of the underlying many-particle processes.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; nonlinear optics; semiconductor quantum wells; microscopic theory; nonlinear reflection; nonlinear reflectivity; semiconductor Bragg structures; ultrafast optical gain; Delay; Excitons; Frequency; Nonlinear optics; Optical microscopy; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Probes; Reflectivity; Ultrafast optics; (190.5970) Semiconductor nonlinear optics including MQW; (300.6470) Spectroscopy, semiconductors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628971
  • Filename
    4628971