Coherent control of two-photon-induced photocurrents in semiconductors with frequency-dependent response

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 297-306

  Chung, Jung Ho ^a,b,d,e   Weiner, Andrew M ^a,c,e,f  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Lasers and Electro Optics Society (LEOS)   (United States)

^e OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^f Optical Society of America ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Coherent control; Pulse shaping; Two photon absorption (TPA); Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

COHERENT CONTROL; PULSE SHAPING; TWO PHOTON ABSORPTION(TPA); ULTRAFAST OPTICS;

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHMS; LASER PULSES; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTONS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

PHOTOCURRENTS;

EID: 33646697500     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2006.872043     Document Type: Article

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