Enhanced coherent control of carrier and spin density in a zinc-blende semiconductor by cascaded second-harmonic generation

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2005, Pages

  Stevens, Martin J ^a   Bhat, R D R ^b   Pan, X Y ^a   Van Driel, H M ^a   Sipe, J E ^b   Smirl, Arthur L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASCADED SECOND HARMONICS (CASH); FEMTOSECOND LSER PULSES; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE CONTROL (QUIC); SPIN DENSITIES;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CHARGE CARRIERS; COHERENT LIGHT; PHOTONS; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICES; QUANTUM THEORY; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; ZINC;

SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

EID: 18844460434     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1879079     Document Type: Article

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