• DocumentCode
    2257074
  • Title

    THz electro-absorption effect in quantum dots

  • Author

    Turchinovich, Dmitry ; Monozon, Boris S. ; Livshits, Daniil A. ; Rafailov, Edik U. ; Hoffmann, Matthias C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Instantaneous electro-absorption effect in quantum dots, induced by electric field of THz pulse with 3 THz bandwidth is demonstrated in THz pump - optical probe experiment. This effect may be promising for Tbit/s wireless transmission systems.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; electroabsorption; gallium arsenide; high-speed optical techniques; indium compounds; semiconductor quantum dots; InGaAs-GaAs; bandwidth 3 THz; electric field; quantum dots; terabits wireless transmission system; terahertz electroabsorption effect; terahertz pump-optical probe experiment; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Probes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951332