Picosecond Photorefractive and Free-Carrier Transient Energy Transfer in GaAs at 1 µm

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 289-303

  Boggess, T F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; ELECTROOPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICS - NONLINEAR; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE - PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY;

DEGENERATE-FOUR-WAVE-MIXING; FREE-CARRIER INDEX MODULATIONS; PICOSECOND-TIME-RESOLVED TWO-BEAM COUPLING; TRANSIENT GRATING; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTION;

OPTICAL GRATINGS;

EID: 0023962059     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.125     Document Type: Article

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