Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

TERAHERTZ OPTICS

Giant multiphoton absorption in silicon

  • News & Views
  • Published:

From Nature Photonics

View current issue Submit your manuscript

With the availability of high-intensity terahertz free-electron lasers, surprisingly large multiphoton absorptions in a phosphorus atom doped in a silicon crystal have been obtained, providing the possibility of a hydrogen-like system in silicon photonics and quantum information devices.

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

Fig. 1: Two-photon transitions in hydrogen systems.

References

  1. Goeppert-Mayer, M. Ann. Phys. 9, 273–295 (1931).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. van Loon, M. A. W. et al. Nat. Photon. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-018-0111-x (2018).

  3. Schwarzschild, B. Phys. Today 62, 15–18 (2009).

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Physics and Electronics, Osaka Prefecture University, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka, Japan

    Nobuhiko Yokoshi & Hajime Ishihara

  2. Department of Materials Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan

    Hajime Ishihara

Authors
  1. Nobuhiko Yokoshi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Hajime Ishihara
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding authors

Correspondence to Nobuhiko Yokoshi or Hajime Ishihara.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Yokoshi, N., Ishihara, H. Giant multiphoton absorption in silicon. Nature Photon 12, 125–126 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-018-0119-2

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-018-0119-2

  • Springer Nature Limited

Search

Navigation