Title :
Direct observation of two-photon gain in semiconductors
Author :
Nevet, Amir ; Hayat, Alex ; Orenstein, Meir
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
We report the first observation of two-photon gain in solids, specifically in electrically-pumped room-temperature semiconductor devices. Structures optimized to enhance the nonlinear two-photon interaction and reduce parasitic effects yielded gain in excellent agreement with theory.
Keywords :
Current measurement; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical propagation; Optical pulse compression; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Photonic band gap; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
