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Nonlinear optics and dynamics in passive semiconductors

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Festkörperprobleme 30

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In this paper we review nonlinear optical effects in semiconductors under high excitation. After a short description of the incorporation of nonlinear effects into Maxwell’s equations we give some selected examples of their experimental evidence. This includes bulk semiconductors as well as quasi-two and-zero dimensional systems. Thermally induced nonlinearities are used to introduce basic concepts of nonlinear dynamics and synergetics. Here we show the appearance of temporal as well as of spatial structures in semiconductors.

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Klingshirn, C. (1990). Nonlinear optics and dynamics in passive semiconductors. In: Rössler, U. (eds) Festkörperprobleme 30. Advances in Solid State Physics, vol 30. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0108295

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