• DocumentCode
    444259
  • 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
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    708
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-796-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2005.1548911
  • Filename
    1548911