Title :
Controlled modification of the electronic wavefunction and direct observation of quantum decoherence in a room-temperature quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifier
Author :
Capua, A. ; Karni, O. ; Eisenstein, Gadi ; Sichkovskyi, V. ; Ivanov, V. ; Reithmaier, J.P.
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng. Dept., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
A unique experimental setup combining short pulse pump-probe and FROG characterization, enables control by light pulses over the electronic quantum state, and a direct observation of the wavefunction decoherence in a room-temperature semiconductor laser amplifier.
Keywords :
optical pumping; quantum dot lasers; quantum optics; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wave functions; FROG characterization; electronic quantum state; electronic wavefunction; frequency resolved optical gating; light pulses; pulse pump-probe; quantum decoherence; room-temperature quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifier; room-temperature semiconductor laser amplifier; temperature 293 K to 298 K; wavefunction decoherence; Delays; Frequency measurement; Optical pulses; Quantum dots; Semiconductor device measurement; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
