• DocumentCode
    2672790
  • Title

    Ultrafast photoinduced above-bandgap transparency in GaAs due to the dynamic Franz-Keldysh effect

  • Author

    Srivastava, A. ; Kono, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    6-6 June 2003
  • Abstract
    We report the dynamic Franz-Keldysh effect in bulk GaAs. Ultrafast changes in transmission spectra near the band edge, including the first observation of photoinduced transparency as large as 40% are observed.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; high-speed optical techniques; self-induced transparency; GaAs; above-bandgap transparency; bulk GaAs; dynamic Franz-Keldysh effect; transmission spectra; ultrafast photoinduced transparency; Absorption; Gallium arsenide; Optical films; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Photonic band gap; Probes; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS. Postconference Digest
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-749-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2003.238340
  • Filename
    1276457