Characterization of quantum interference control of injected currents in LT-GaAs for carrier-envelope phase measurements

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 2081-2090

  Roos, Peter A ^a   Quraishi, Qudsia ^a   Cundiff, Steven T ^a   Bhat, Ravi D R ^b   Sipe, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BANDWIDTH; DISPERSION (WAVES); ELECTRODES; FIBER LASERS; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LITHOGRAPHY; METALLIZING; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE MEASUREMENT; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTONS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES;

COHERENT OPTICAL EFFECTS; QUANTUM INTELLIGENCE CONTROL (QIC); SEMICONDUCTOR NONLINEAR OPTICS INCLUDING MQW; ULTRAFAST MEASUREMENTS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 1642610683     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.002081     Document Type: Article

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