We have demonstrated femtosecond pulse-induced nonlinear birefringence in a multi-quantum well semiconductor optical amplifier for all-optical switching. Coherent nonlinear optical effects such as two-photon absorption could be responsible for the ultrashort-transient birefringence.
Ultrafast all-optical switching by pulse-induced birefringence in a multi-quantum well optical amplifier
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). ; 2 ; 3 pp. vol.2
01.01.2004
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Elektronische Ressource
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