Title :
THz oscillations in the optical emission of a semiconductor microcavity
Author :
Koch, Martin ; Shah, J. ; Wang, Huifang ; Damen, T.C. ; Jan, W.Y. ; Cunningham, John E.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. The ultrafast optical emission of semiconductor microcavities has attracted considerable interest recently. Reported observations include coherent vacuum Rabi oscillations after weak resonant optical excitation, the emission of single pulses after nonresonant optical pumping, and relaxation oscillations after electrical pumping. We report here the first investigation of femtosecond time-resolved emission from a semiconductor microcavity resonantly excited with intense femtosecond pulses.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; infrared sources; laser beam effects; optical pumping; optical resonators; oscillations; resonant states; semiconductor materials; THz oscillations; coherent vacuum Rabi oscillations; electrical pumping; femtosecond time-resolved emission; intense femtosecond pulses; nonresonant optical pumping; optical emission; relaxation oscillations; resonantly excited; semiconductor microcavity; single pulse emission; ultrafast optical emission; weak resonant optical excitation; Laser excitation; Microcavities; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Resonance; Stimulated emission; Surface emitting lasers; Ultrafast optics; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-443-2
