• DocumentCode
    2791291
  • Title

    Theory of optical gain from four-wave mixing instabilities in quantum wells

  • Author

    Schumacher, S. ; Kwong, N.H. ; Binder, R. ; Smirl, Arthur L.

  • Author_Institution
    College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, 85721, USA
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We predict that in a typical pump-probe setup four-wave mixing instabilities associated with biexcitonic correlations in a single semiconductor quantum well can yield large optical gain in the probe and background-free four-wave mixing directions.
  • Keywords
    Atom optics; Four-wave mixing; Nonlinear optics; Optical feedback; Optical mixing; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Probes; Quantum mechanics; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2007.4431572
  • Filename
    4431572
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2791291