A near-room-temperature all-optical polarization switch based on the excitation of spin-polarized "virtual" carriers in quantum wells

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Yildirim, Murat ^a   Prineas, J P ^a   Gansen, Eric J ^a   Smirl, Arthur L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL TRANSMISSION; SPIN-POLARIZED CARRIERS; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; VIRTUAL EXCITATIONS;

BANDWIDTH; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 26244441324     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2042531     Document Type: Article

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