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The Nonlinear Optics of Semiconductor Quantum Wells: Physics and Devices

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Nonlinear Optics in Solids

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In this lecture we review some recent experimental and theoretical investigations on the nonlinear optical properties of GaAs/A1X Ga1-X As Quantum Well Structures and on the use of these optical nonlinearities for the design and realization of the first few exploratory devices for alloptical signal processing.

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    Ole Keller Ph.D.

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Abram, I.I. (1990). The Nonlinear Optics of Semiconductor Quantum Wells: Physics and Devices. In: Keller, O. (eds) Nonlinear Optics in Solids. Springer Series on Wave Phenomena, vol 9. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84206-1_13

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