Title :
Absorption bleaching in silicon via high-power terahertz pulses: Carrier dependence
Author :
Sharma, G. ; Al-Naib, I. ; Hafez, H. ; Morandotti, R. ; Ozaki, T.
Author_Institution :
Adv. Laser Light Source, Univ. du Quebec, Varennes, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We present optical pump / high-power THz probe measurements for undoped silicon at different optical pump fluences. We observe an absorption bleaching of intense terahertz (THz) pulses, which decreases with increasing optical pump fluence.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; optical saturable absorption; silicon; terahertz spectroscopy; absorption bleaching; carrier dependence; different optical pump fluences; high-power terahertz pulses; intense terahertz pulses; silicon; Absorption; Bleaching; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Probes; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
