Midinfrared second-harmonic generation in p-type InAs/GaAs self-assembled quantum dots

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 835-837

  Brunhes, T ^a   Boucaud, P ^a,c   Sauvage, S ^a   Glotin, F ^a   Prazeres, R ^a   Ortega, J M ^a   Lemaitre A ^b   Gerard J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b ORANGE LABS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON RESONANCE; POLARIZATION; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; WETTING;

FREQUENCY DOUBLING; POLARIZED EXCITATION; RESONANT EXCITATION; SELF ASSEMBLED QUANTUM DOTS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 0032615371     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.124529     Document Type: Article

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