Polarization-Dependent 4-Wave-Mixing And 2-Photon Coherence In Solids

    Authors

    M. Sheikbahae; J. Wang; E. J. Cantosaid; R. Desalvo; D. J. Hagan;E. W. Vanstryland

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    IEEE J. Quantum Electron.

    Keywords

    NONLINEARITIES; SEMICONDUCTORS; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Optics; Physics, Applied

    Abstract

    Polarization dependent degenerate-four-wave-mixing experiments on semiconductors (ZnSe, CdS) and dielectrics (NaCl, PbF2) reveal the essential mechanisms of the bound-electronic chi((3)). We show, for the first time, that the observed anomalous dispersion of the polarization dependent phase-conjugate reflectivity can be explained using a simple 3-band model, The near vanishing reflectivity in the two-photon coherence geometry is shown to be a consequence of the interference between transitions originating from heavy- and Light-hole valence bands, We also present measurements on the polarization dichroism of the nonlinear refractive index (n(2)), in good agreement with this simple theory.

    Journal Title

    Ieee Journal of Quantum Electronics

    Volume

    31

    Issue/Number

    7

    Publication Date

    1-1-1995

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    1270

    Last Page

    1273

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:A1995RF21900013

    ISSN

    0018-9197

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