Optical properties of 1-D active fibonacci quasicrystals

Author

Hendrickson, J. ; Richards, B.C. ; Sweet, J. ; Khitrova, G. ; Poddubny, A.N. ; Ivchenko, E.L. ; Wegener, M. ; Werchner, M. ; Schafer, M. ; Kira, M. ; Koch, S.W. ; Gibbs, H.M.

Author_Institution

Coll. of Opt. Sci., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Quasicrystals based on the excitonic resonances of GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells were grown with spacings that satisfy a Fibonacci sequence. Linear and nonlinear reflectivity and photoluminescence measurements were performed, agreeing quite well with theory.

Keywords

Fibonacci sequences; III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; photoluminescence; quasicrystals; semiconductor quantum wells; 1D active fibonacci quasicrystals; Fibonacci sequence; GaAs-AlGaAs; excitonic resonance; nonlinear reflectivity; optical properties; photoluminescence measurements; quantum wells; Excitons; Gallium arsenide; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical materials; Optical superlattices; Performance evaluation; Photoluminescence; Reflectivity; Resonance; (160.5293) Photonic bandgap materials; (190.5970) Semiconductor nonlinear optics including MQW;

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

5226060