• DocumentCode
    2883716
  • Title

    Stimulated emission of THz radiation from internal exciton transitions in Cu2O

  • Author

    Huber, Rupert ; Schmid, Benjamin A. ; Shen, Y. Ron ; Kaindl, Robert A. ; Chemla, Daniel S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Stimulated THz emission from intra-excitonic 3p to 2s transitions in Cu2O is directly observed by ultrafast opto-electronics. The process occurs at a photon energy of 6.6 meV, with a cross section of ~10-14 cm2.
  • Keywords
    copper compounds; excitons; high-speed optical techniques; stimulated emission; submillimetre wave spectra; submillimetre wave spectroscopy; Cu2O; electron volt energy 6.6 meV; internal exciton transitions; stimulated emission; terahertz radiation; ultrafast optoelectronics; ultrafast terahertz spectroscopy; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Electron optics; Excitons; Frequency conversion; Infrared spectra; Optical scattering; Pulse amplifiers; Resonance; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics; 300.6270 Spectroscopy, far infrared; 320.7130 Ultrafast processes in condensed matter;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628987
  • Filename
    4628987