Investigation of ultrafast carrier dynamics in ZnO rods using two-photon emission and second harmonic generation microscopy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7396, Issue , 2009, Pages

  House, Ralph L ^a   Mehl, Brian P ^a   Zhang, Chuan ^a   Kirschbrown, Justin R ^a   Barnes, Scott C ^a   Papanikolas, John M ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Fabry P rot; second harmonic generation; trap state emission; whispering gallery modes; Zinc Oxide

Indexed keywords

EMISSION BANDS; EMISSION MICROSCOPY; EXCITED-STATE DYNAMICS; EXCITON-BINDING ENERGY; NANOSTRUCTURED SEMICONDUCTOR; NONLINEAR MIXING; OPTICAL FIELD; OPTICAL MODES; PERIODIC MODULATION; PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGIES; RED SHIFT; RESEARCH EFFORTS; RESONATOR MODE; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION MICROSCOPY; SECOND-ORDER NONLINEAR SUSCEPTIBILITY; SHG EFFICIENCY; STANDING WAVE; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION; TIME-DEPENDENT; TIME-RESOLVED; TRAP STATE; TRAP-STATE EMISSION; TRAPPING DYNAMICS; TWO-PHOTON EMISSION; ULTRA-FAST; ULTRAFAST CARRIER DYNAMICS; WHISPERING GALLERY MODES; WIDE BAND GAP; ZNO ROD;

BINDING ENERGY; DYNAMICS; EXCITED STATES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; INNOVATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATERIALS PROPERTIES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOLVENTS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 79959766487     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.826064     Document Type: Conference Paper

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