All-optical signal amplification in multiple-quantum-well resonant photonic bandgap structures

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 13, 2008, Pages

  Schumacher, S ^a   Kwong, N H ^a   Binder, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

MANY-PARTICLE THEORY; MIRRORLESS PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION; OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION;

PHOTONIC BAND GAP;

EID: 41649093962     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2904696     Document Type: Article

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