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Optical Nonlinearities Enhanced by Carrier Transport

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A non-local nonlinearity results when optically excited carriers move within the internal electric fields of depletion regions, causing field-dependent changes in absorption and/or refractive index. This paper will review some recent experimental results which use these concepts in heter-Schottky barriers and hetero-nipi structures. It will be shown that large, extremely sensitive nonlinearities result.

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  • Index Change
  • Carrier Lifetime
  • Depletion Region
  • Internal Field
  • Internal Electric Field

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  1. Center for Laser Studies, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-1112, USA

    Elsa Garmire

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  1. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Elsa Garmire

  2. Chairman, University of California, Irvine, California, USA

    Professor Alexei A. Maradudin

  3. Chairman, Estonian Academy of Sciences, Tallinn, Estonia, USSR

    Professor Karl K. Rebane

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Garmire, E. (1991). Optical Nonlinearities Enhanced by Carrier Transport. In: Garmire, E., Maradudin, A.A., Rebane, K.K. (eds) Laser Optics of Condensed Matter. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3726-7_32

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