Difference Frequency Generation by Quasi-Phase Matching in Periodically Intermixed Semiconductor Superlattice Waveguides

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 834-840

  Wagner, Sean J ^a   Sigal, Iliya ^a   Helmy, Amr S ^a   Aitchison, J Stewart ^a   Holmes, Barry M ^b   Younis, Usman ^b   Hutchings, David C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Difference frequency generation; nonlinear optics; quantum well intermixing; semiconductor superlattice

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008045958     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2011.2126562     Document Type: Article

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