Quantum coherence in an optical modulator

Science

Volumn 310, Issue 5748, 2005, Pages 651-653

  Carter, S G ^a,f   Birkedal, V ^a,g   Wang, C S ^b   Coldren, L A ^b   Maslov, A V ^c   Citrin, D S ^d,e   Sherwin, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e GEORGIA TECH LORRAINE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

NEAR-INFRARED (NIR) RADIATION; QUANTUM COHERENCES; QUANTUM SUPERPOSITION; QUANTUM WELL MODULATORS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

ARSENIC; GALLIUM; INDIUM;

OPTICAL PHENOMENA;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ENERGY; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MEASUREMENT; OPTICS; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SEMICONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 27344447877     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1116195     Document Type: Article

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