Spectral and temperature dependence of nonlinear absorption in InSb

Author

Olszak, Peter D. ; Cirloganu, Claudiu M. ; Webster, Scott ; Padilha, Lazaro A. ; Guha, Shekhar ; Krishnamurthy, Srinivasan ; Hagan, David J. ; Van Stryland, Eric W.

Author_Institution

Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Temperature dependent two-photon and free-carrier absorption spectra of InSb are measured using a tunable picosecond source via temperature controlled Z-scan experiments and show good agreement with theoretical predictions. Three-photon absorption is also observed.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; indium compounds; light absorption; nonlinear optics; two-photon processes; InSb; free-carrier absorption spectra; nonlinear absorption; spectral dependence; temperature controlled Z-scan experiments; temperature dependence; three-photon absorption; tunable picosecond source; two-photon absorption spectra; Absorption; Educational institutions; Force measurement; Laboratories; Nonlinear optics; Optical materials; Photonic band gap; Temperature dependence; Temperature distribution; Wavelength measurement; 190.4720 Optical nonlinearities of condensed matter; 300.6420 Spectroscopy, nonlinear;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225904