Temperature dependence of a femtosecond degenerate four-wave mixing signal from 350-μm-thick undoped InP far below the band gap

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1465-1471

  Yu, Sungkyu ^a   Lee, Joo In ^a   Kim, Dongho ^a   Kim, D S ^b   Yee, Y H ^b   Lee, Jong Hyun ^c  

^a Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON RESONANCE; ENERGY GAP; EXCITONS; LASER PULSES; LASER TUNING; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BAND GAP; EXCITON RESONANCE; FREQUENCY BROADENING EFFECT;

FOUR WAVE MIXING;

EID: 0031166232     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.001465     Document Type: Article

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