• DocumentCode
    2531877
  • Title

    Nonlinear Two-photon photodetection and autocorrelation in a GaAs MQW waveguide

  • Author

    Duchesne, D. ; Razzari, L. ; Halloran, L. ; Giguère, M. ; Légaré, F. ; Morandotti, R. ; SpringThorpe, A.J. ; Christodoulides, D.N. ; Moss, D.J.

  • Author_Institution
    INRS-EMT, Varennes, QC, Canada
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    4-8 Oct. 2009
  • Firstpage
    815
  • Lastpage
    816
  • Abstract
    Two-photon absorption based photodetection at 1550 nm is shown using a GaAs multiple-quantum well waveguide laser structure. A large efficiency is determined and we demonstrate its application for autocorrelation of 100 fs pulses with sub-watt peak powers.
  • Keywords
    gallium arsenide; quantum well lasers; two-photon processes; waveguide lasers; mulitple quantum well waveguide; multiple-quantum well waveguide laser structure; nonlinear two-photon photodetection; time 100 fs; two-photon absorption; wavelength 1550 nm; Absorption; Autocorrelation; Gallium arsenide; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Photoconductivity; Photonic band gap; Quantum well devices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Belek-Antalya
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3680-4
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1092-8081
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343070
  • Filename
    5343070