Extremely Nondegenerate Two-photon Processes in Semiconductors

David J. Hagan, Himansu S. Pattanaik, Peng Zhao, Matthew Reichert, Eric W. Van Stryland

2017

Abstract

Direct-gap semiconductors show enhanced two-photon absorption and nonlinear refraction for the extremely non-degenerate case, i.e. for two light waves of very different wavelength, as compared to the degenerate case. We have verified this through measurements of non-degenerate two-photon absorption and nonlinear refraction in several direct-gap semiconductors. We have demonstrated application towards mid-infrared detection and imaging, as well as 2-photon gain in the mid infrared. We also show how semiconductor quantum wells may be employed to engineer even larger enhancements of these effects.

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in Harvard Style

J. Hagan D., Pattanaik H., Zhao P., Reichert M. and Van Stryland E. (2017). Extremely Nondegenerate Two-photon Processes in Semiconductors . In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: PHOTOPTICS, ISBN 978-989-758-223-3, pages 65-69. DOI: 10.5220/0006104700650069


in Bibtex Style

@conference{photoptics17,
author={David J. Hagan and Himansu S. Pattanaik and Peng Zhao and Matthew Reichert and Eric W. Van Stryland},
title={Extremely Nondegenerate Two-photon Processes in Semiconductors},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: PHOTOPTICS,},
year={2017},
pages={65-69},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006104700650069},
isbn={978-989-758-223-3},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: PHOTOPTICS,
TI - Extremely Nondegenerate Two-photon Processes in Semiconductors
SN - 978-989-758-223-3
AU - J. Hagan D.
AU - Pattanaik H.
AU - Zhao P.
AU - Reichert M.
AU - Van Stryland E.
PY - 2017
SP - 65
EP - 69
DO - 10.5220/0006104700650069