Spectral signatures of χ(5) processes in four-wave mixing of homogeneously broadened excitons

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1318-1325

  Langbein, W ^a   Meier, T ^b   Koch, S W ^b   Hvam, J M ^c  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; EXCITONS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; RESONANCE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

SPECTRAL SIGNATURES;

FOUR WAVE MIXING;

EID: 0035598053     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.001318     Document Type: Article

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