Nonlinear Optics in Semiconductors

MAY 01, 1994

Optical signal processing in the future may use semiconductors in which the optical generation of electrons and holes controls the absorption and refractive index.

DOI: 10.1063/1.881432

Elsa Garmire

The dream of the all‐optical processing of information has motivated efforts over the past decade to create sensitive semiconductors that have large optical nonlinearities. Semiconductors have been the medium of choice in part because a well‐developed materials technology has already been built around them. One can design semiconductor structures easily and predict their performance accurately.

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Elsa Garmire. University of Southern California, Los Angeles.