• DocumentCode
    421465
  • Title

    Mid-IR optical limiter based on type-II quantum wells

  • Author

    Khurgin, Jacob B. ; Vurgaftman, Igor ; Meyer, Jerry R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2004
  • Abstract
    We show that strong optically-induced intervalence band transitions in type-II QWs lead to reverse saturable absorption, and propose to use it for optical limiting over a large dynamic range.
  • Keywords
    optical limiters; optical saturable absorption; semiconductor quantum wells; valence bands; intervalence band transitions; large dynamic range; midIR optical limiter; optical limiting; optically-induced transitions; reverse saturable absorption; type-II quantum wells;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-777-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1360657
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=421465