Nondegenerate Optical Kerr-Effect In Semiconductors

    Authors

    M. Sheikbahae; J. Wang;E. W. Vanstryland

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    IEEE J. Quantum Electron.

    Keywords

    2-PHOTON ABSORPTION; NONLINEAR REFRACTION; DISPERSION; INDEX; SOLIDS; ALGAAS; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Optics; Physics, Applied

    Abstract

    We calculate the nondegenerate bound electronic nonlinear refractive index n2(omega1; omega2) (i.e., an index change at frequency omega1 due to the presence of a beam at frequency omega2) in semiconductors. We calculate this nonlinearity and its dispersion using a Kramers-Kronig transformation on the calculated nondegenerate nonlinear absorption spectrum due to two-photon absorption, electronic Raman and optical Stark effects. The calculated n2 values and their dispersion are compared to new experimental values for ZnSe and ZnS obtained using a 2-color Z-scan.

    Journal Title

    Ieee Journal of Quantum Electronics

    Volume

    30

    Issue/Number

    2

    Publication Date

    1-1-1994

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    249

    Last Page

    255

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:A1994NL69300006

    ISSN

    0018-9197

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