Femtosecond and picosecond nondegenerate four-wave mixing in GaAs/AlGaAs multiple quantum wells by two independently tunable lasers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 714-721

  Yahng, J S ^a   Ahn, Y H ^a   Sohn, J Y ^a   Kim, D S ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; FOUR WAVE MIXING; LASER BEAMS; LASER TUNING;

BANDGAP SIGNALS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 0035608132     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.000714     Document Type: Article

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