Title :
Ultrafast carrier-envelope-offset phase control of optical rectification in resonantly excited semiconductors
Author :
Vlack, C. Van ; Hughes, S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Queen´´s Univ., Kingston, ON
Abstract :
Ultrashort pulse light-matter interactions in a semiconductor are theoretically investigated within the regime of resonant optical rectification. Using 5 fs pulse envelope areas of around 1.5-3 pi, a single-shot dependence on carrier-envelope-offset phase.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; nonlinear optics; semiconductor materials; carrier-envelope-offset phase control; femtosecond pulse envelope; optical rectification; resonant optical rectification; resonantly excited semiconductors; single-shot dependence; time 5 fs; ultrafast nonlinear optics; ultrafast phase control; ultrashort pulse light-matter interactions; Nonlinear optics; Optical control; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical sensors; Optical variables control; Phase control; Pulse amplifiers; Resonance; Ultrafast optics; (190.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics; (300.6470) Spectroscopy, semiconductors;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
