Title :
Four-wave mixing in small ensembles: from free-polarization decay to photon echoes
Author :
Langbeiu, W. ; Patton, Brian
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Cardiff Univ., UK
Abstract :
We observe the transient third-order polarization emitted from individual excitonic transitions and monitor the evolution, from a free-polarization decay to a photon echo with increasing number of transitions in the inhomogeneous ensemble.
Keywords :
excitons; localised states; multiwave mixing; photon echo; time resolved spectra; free-polarization decay; inhomogeneous ensemble; localised excitonic transitions; photon echoes; time-resolved four-wave mixing measurement; transient third-order polarization; Excitons; Extraterrestrial measurements; Four-wave mixing; Frequency; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical polarization; Photonics Society; Resonance;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1548911
