Title :
Interband Second-Order Susceptibility Enhancement in Strained GaInP/AlGaInP Quantum Wells
Author :
Hayat, Alex ; Orenstein, Meir
Author_Institution :
Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa
Abstract :
We present a significant interband second-order susceptibility enhancement in strained GalnP/AlGalnP QWs at telecommunication wavelengths. More than order of magnitude increase in chi(2) over the bulk value is shown by SHG measurements in two-dimensional waveguides.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium compounds; indium compounds; nonlinear optical susceptibility; optical harmonic generation; semiconductor quantum wells; GaInP-AlGaInP; GalnP/AlGalnP quantum wells; interband second-order susceptibility; telecommunication wavelengths; two-dimensional waveguides; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Resonance; Semiconductor materials; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452884