Fast saturable absorption and 10 GHz wavelength conversion in Al-quaternary multiple quantum wells

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 9737-9743

  Green, Richard P ^a,b   Haji, Mohsin ^b   Hou, Lianping ^b   Mezosi, Gabor ^b   Dylewicz, Rafal ^b   Kelly, Anthony E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; RECOVERY;

ABSORPTION RECOVERY; CROSS-ABSORPTION MODULATION; DOWN CONVERSION; INCIDENT PULSE; MULTIPLE QUANTUM WELLS; PULSE TRAIN; REVERSE BIAS; SATURABLE ABSORPTION; WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 79955793951     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.009737     Document Type: Article

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