Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Degenerate and non-degenerate four-wave mixing in semiconductor quantum dots

  • Published:
Il Nuovo Cimento D

Summary

We present wave-mixing techniques which are used to determine the tensor elements of the non-linear dielectric susceptibility, the dynamics of non-linear optical effects and the transport properties of a material. These techniques are applied to CdS nanocrystallites, prepared in a SiO2 matrix by a sol-gel method. They were prepared as thin films of variable density (up to 30% of volume). By the same experimental techniques, porous silicon is studied and the results are compared to those obtained from luminescence and time-of-flight measurements.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Schmitt-Rink S., Chemla D. andMiller D.,Adv. Phys.,38 (1989) 89.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  2. Ekimov A. andOnuschenko A.,JETP Lett.,34 (1981) 345.

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  3. Efros A. andEfros A.,Fiz.-Tekh. Poluprovodn.,16 (1982) 1209.

    Google Scholar 

  4. Borreli N., Hall D., Holland H. andSmith D.,J. Appl. Phys.,61 (1987) 5399.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  5. Roussignol P., Ricard D., Lukasik J. andFlytzanis C.,J. Opt. Soc. Am. B,4 (1987) 5.

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  6. Esch V. et al., Phys. Rev. B,42 (1990) 7450.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  7. Wang Y., Herron N., Mahler W. andSuna A.,J. Opt. Soc. Am. B,6 (1989) 808.

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  8. Schmitt-Rink S., Miller D. andChemla D.,Phys. Rev. B,35 (1987) 8113.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  9. Hanamura E.,Phys. Rev. B,37 (1988) 1273.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  10. Bányai L., Hu Y., Lindberg M. andKoch S.,Phys. Rev. B,38 (1988) 8142.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  11. Takagawara T.,Phys. Rev. B,39 (1989) 10206.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  12. Maly P., Trojanek F. andSvoboda A.,J. Opt. Soc. Am. B,10 (1993) 1890.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  13. Nogami N., Wabate M. andNagasaka K.,Sol-Gel Opt.,119 (1990) 1328.

    Google Scholar 

  14. Nogami N., Nagasaka K. andKato E.,J. Am. Ceram. Soc.,73 (1990) 2097.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  15. Cerqua K., Hayden J. andLacourse W.,J. Non-Cryst. Solids,100 (1988) 471.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  16. Bustarret E. et al., J. Lumin.,57 (1993) 105.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  17. Trojanek F. et al., Thin Solid Films,255 (1995) 77.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  18. Masumoto T. et al., J. Non-Cryst. Solids,164 (1993) 953.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  19. Maly P. et al., Solid State Commun.,89 (1994) 709.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  20. Eichler H., Gunter P. andPohl D.,Laser-Induced Dynamic Gratings (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg) 1986.

    Google Scholar 

  21. Yajima T. andSouma H.,Phys. Rev. A,17 (1978) 309.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  22. Jungnickel V., Henneberger F., Riblet P. andHönerlage B.,Jpn. J. Appl. Phys.,34 (1995) 28.

    Google Scholar 

  23. Brinker C., Frye G., Hurd A. andAhey C.,Thin Solid Films,201 (1991) 97.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  24. Coster M. andChermant J.:Précis d'analyse d'images (CNRS, Paris) 1986.

    Google Scholar 

  25. Othmani A. et al., Mater. Sci. Eng. A,168 (1993) 263.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  26. Othmani A. et al., Cryst. Growth,144 (1994) 141.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  27. Faller P., Netiksis V., Grun J.-B. andHönerlage B.,J. Appl. Phys.,74 (1993) 2748.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  28. Ghanassi M., Thèse de doctorat, 1994.

  29. Ghanassi M. et al., Appl. Phys. Lett.,62 (1993) 78.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  30. Bawendi M. et al., Phys. Rev. Lett.,65 (1990) 1623.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  31. Misawa K., Yao H., Hayashi T. andKobayashi T.,Chem. Phys. Lett.,183 (1991) 113.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  32. Shinojima H., Yumoto J. andUesugi N.,Appl. Phys. Lett.,60 (1992) 298.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  33. Vandyshev Y., Dneprovski V. andKlimov V.,Sov. Phys. JETP,74 (1992) 144.

    Google Scholar 

  34. Inokuma T., Arai T. andIshikawa M.,Phys. Rev. B,42 (1990) 11093.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  35. Shiang J., Risbud S. andAlivisatos A.,J. Chem. Phys.,98 (1993) 8432.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  36. Yumoto J. et al., Appl. Phys. Lett.,57 (1990) 2393.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  37. Jungnickel V., Henneberger F., Riblet P. andHönerlage B.,Jpn. J. Appl. Phys.,34 Suppl. I, (1995) 28.

    Google Scholar 

  38. Tomashiunas R. et al., Proceedings of the EMRS Meeting, Strasbourg, France, to be published.

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg Unité Mixte 380046 CNRS-ULP, EHICS Groupe d'Optique Nonlinéaire et d'Optoélectronique, 23, rue du Loess, F-67037, Strasbourg Cedex, France

    B. Hönerlage, P. Gilliot & R. Levy

Authors
  1. B. Hönerlage
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. P. Gilliot
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. R. Levy
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Hönerlage, B., Gilliot, P. & Levy, R. Degenerate and non-degenerate four-wave mixing in semiconductor quantum dots. Il Nuovo Cimento D 17, 1247–1254 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02457196

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02457196

PACS 42.65

PACS 78.47

PACS 01.30.Cc

Search

Navigation