The nonlinear optical properties of AlGaAs at the half band gap

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 341-348

  Aitchison, J S ^a   Hutchings, D C ^a   Kang, J U ^b   Stegeman, G I ^b   Villeneuve, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optics; Optical propagation in anisotropic media; Optical propagation in nonlinear media

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PHASE MODULATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS;

OPTICAL SWITCHING; SPATIAL SOLITON PROPAGATION;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0031097313     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.556002     Document Type: Article

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