Study of nonlinear absorption in GaAs/AlGaAs multiple quantum wells using the reflection Z-scan

Optical and Quantum Electronics

Volumn 39, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1207-1214

  Liu, Rubin ^a   Shu, Yongchun ^a   Zhang, Guanjie ^a   Sun, Jiamin ^a   Xing, Xiaodong ^a   Pi, Biao ^a   Yao, Jianghong ^a   Wang, Zhanguo ^a,b   Xu, Jingjun ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Band filling effect; Nonlinear absorption; Quantum wells; Reflection Z scan

Indexed keywords

BAND-FILLING EFFECT; NONLINEAR ABSORPTION; REFLECTION Z-SCAN;

LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFLECTION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 44449116519     PISSN: 03068919     EISSN: 1572817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11082-008-9188-7     Document Type: Article

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