Nonlinear optical phenomena induced by intense single-cycle terahertz pulses

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-96

  Hirori, Hideki ^a,b   Tanaka, Koichiro ^a,b,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electroluminescent devices; nonlinear optics; semiconductor materials; terahertz (THz) pulse generation; ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; LUMINESCENT DEVICES; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; TERAHERTZ WAVES; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ZINC SELENIDE;

BAND-EDGE ABSORPTION; ENERGY TRANSITIONS; EXCITON LUMINESCENCE; NON-LINEAR REGIMES; SINGLE-CYCLE TERAHERTZ PULSE; SPECTRAL MODULATION; TERAHERTZ PULSE; ULTRAFAST OPTICS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 84873388933     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2012.2221685     Document Type: Article

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