Modification of the second-order optical nonlinearities in AlGaAs asymmetric multiple quantum well waveguides by quantum well intermixing

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 70, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 2804-2806

  Street, M W ^a   Whitbread, N D ^a   Hamilton, C J ^a   Vogele B ^a   Stanley, C R ^a   Hutchings, D C ^a   Marsh, J H ^a   Aitchison, J S ^a   Kennedy, G T ^b   Sibbett, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTONS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SILICA; WAVEGUIDES;

ALUMINUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; COLOR CENTER LASER; IMPURITY FREE VACANCY DISORDERING; QUANTUM WELL INTERMIXING; QUASIPHASE MATCHING; SECOND ORDER NONLINEARITY;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 0031139879     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.119064     Document Type: Article

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