Time resolved measurements of the polarization state of coherent four-wave-mixing signals from GaAs multiple quantum wells

Author

Smirl, Arthur L. ; Bolger, J.A. ; Paul, A.E.

Author_Institution

Lab. for Photonics & Quantum Electron., Iowa Univ., Iowa City, IA, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

7-7 June 1996

Firstpage

103

Lastpage

104

Abstract

Summary form only given. We describe measurements in which we time resolve all four Stokes parameters of the four wave mixing (FWM) emission from a GaAs-AlGaAs MQW and, thereby, completely determine the polarization state of FWM signal as a function of time. We show that the time-resolved FWM (TR-FWM) signal is indeed completely polarized (to within the accuracy of our measurements) at each instant of time.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; high-speed optical techniques; light coherence; light polarisation; measurement errors; multiwave mixing; semiconductor quantum wells; FWM emission; FWM signal; GaAs multiple quantum wells; GaAs-AlGaAs; GaAs-AlGaAs MQW; Stokes parameters; coherent four-wave-mixing signals; completely polarized; four wave mixing; measurement accuracy; polarization state; time resolve; time resolved measurements; time-resolved FWM; Azimuthal angle; Four-wave mixing; Frequency conversion; Gallium arsenide; Optical polarization; Optical retarders; Photonics; Pulse measurements; Signal processing; Signal resolution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 1996. QELS '96., Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-444-0

Type

conf

Filename

865626