Title :
Nonlinear light pulse propagation in bragg-periodic multiple semiconductor quantum well samples: ultrafast switching of a resonant photonic band gap
Author :
Schaarschmidt, M. ; Forstner, J. ; Knorr, A. ; Prineas, J.P. ; Nielsen, N.C. ; Kuhl, J. ; Khitrova, G. ; Gibbs, H.M. ; Giessen, H. ; Koch, S.W.
Author_Institution :
Institut fur Theor. Physik, Technische Univ. Berlin
Abstract :
We investigate theoretically the ultrafast nonlinear suppression of the resonant photonic band gap by strong laser pulses in semiconductor multiple quantum wells. We achieve good agreement with our measurements on reflection samples
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; light propagation; nonlinear optics; photonic band gap; resonant states; semiconductor quantum wells; Bragg-periodic semiconductor quantum well; nonlinear light pulse propagation; resonant photonic band gap; ultrafast switching; Nonlinear optics; Optical propagation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical solitons; Photonic band gap; Pulse measurements; Resonance; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4
