Polarization dependence of a GaAs-based two-photon absorption microcavity photodetector

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 17682-17688

  O'Dowd, J ^a   Guo, W H ^a   Flood, E ^a   Lynch, M ^a   Bradley, A L ^a   Barry, L P ^b   Donegan, J F ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; MICROCAVITIES; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM;

DETECTOR RESPONSE; POLARIZATION DEPENDENCE; POLARIZATION RESPONSE; THEORETICAL MODELING; TWO PHOTON ABSORPTION;

TWO PHOTON PROCESSES;

EID: 55349142506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.017682     Document Type: Article

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