Search Results - "Smirl, A L"

Theory of transient energy transfer in gallium arsenide by Valley, G.C., Smirl, A.L.

“…Numerical calculations are given for optical two-beam coupling in undoped, semi-insulating GaAs using picosecond pulses. Absorption at the intrinsic defect…”
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Dark spatial soliton propagation in bulk ZnSe by Skinner, S.R., Allan, G.R., Andersen, D.R., Smirl, A.L.

“…The propagation of dark spatial solitons was experimentally demonstrated in bulk ZnSe at lambda =532 nm using a picosecond laser system. Several propagation…”
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Optical limiting in GaAs by Boggess, T., Smirl, A., Moss, S., Boyd, I., Van Stryland, E.

“…We have used two-photon absorption, self-defocusing, and optically-induced melting in GaAs to limit 1 μm picosecond pulsed radiation. The contribution to the…”
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Scaling of Stark-shifted per-carrier nonlinearities in multiple-quantum-well device structures by Cartwright, A.N., Huang, X.R., Smirl, A.L.

“…We demonstrate simple rules for the scaling of per-carrier Stark-shifted nonlinearities with well number, electric field, amplitude and width of the excitonic…”
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Scaling of the nonlinear optical cross sections of GaAs-AlGaAs multiple quantum-well hetero n-i-p-i's by McCallum, D.S., Cartwright, A.N., Smirl, A.L., Tseng, W.F., Pellegrino, J.G., Comas, J.

“…We study the dependence of the Stark shift optical nonlinearity of GaAs-AlGaAs multiple quantum-well hetero n-i-p-i's on the number of quantum wells per…”
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Theory of high gain transient energy transfer in GaAs and Si by Valley, G.C., Dubard, J., Smirl, A.L.

“…Rate equations for carrier number densities and wave equations for optical fields are solved numerically to investigate transient energy transfer (TET) from a…”
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Coherent control of carrier population and spin in (111)-GaAs by Stevens, Martin J., Bhat, R. D. R., Sipe, J. E., van Driel, H. M., Smirl, Arthur L.

“…We report independent coherent control of carrier population and spin in (111)‐oriented GaAs arising through quantum interference of the transition amplitudes…”
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Picosecond transient orientational and concentration gratings in germanium by Smirl, A., Boggess, T., Wherrett, B., Perryman, G., Miller, A.

“…We present and discuss the results of picosecond transient grating self-diffraction measurements in germanium that can be understood in terms of an…”
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Femtosecond pulse generation in the red/deep red spectral region by Dawson, M., Boggess, T., Garvey, D., Smirl, A.

“…Optical pulses as short as 55 fs in duration have been generated near 675 nm in a synchronously pumped, hybridly mode-locked, sulforhodamine 101 dye laser…”
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Heavy-hole and light-hole quantum beats in the polarization state of coherent emission from quantum wells by Smirl, A.L., Chen, X., Buccafusca, O.

“…Dual-channel spectral interferometry is used to measure the vectorial dynamics of the the four-wave-mixing signal from a GaAs-AlGaAs multiple quantum well when…”
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Tunable near-infrared picosecond pulses from a short-cavity dye laser by Bohnert, K., Boggess, T., Mansour, K., Maxson, D., Smirl, A.

“…We report on the generation of tunable infrared picosecond pulses by a short-cavity dye laser system consisting of a short cavity, a three-stage amplifier, and…”
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Simultaneous measurement of the two-photon coefficient and free-carrier cross section above the bandgap of crystalline silicon by Boggess, T., Bohnert, K., Mansour, K., Moss, S., Boyd, I., Smirl, A.

“…We report what is to our knowledge the first simultaneous measurement of the two-photon absorption coefficient and the free-carrier cross section above the…”
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Dynamics of the Amplitude, Phase and Polarization State of Coherent Emission from Quantum Wells by Smirl, A. L., Walecki, W. J., Chen, Xiayuan, Buccafusca, O.

“…A dual‐channel version of spectral interferometry is used to completely characterize the extremely weak ultrashort coherent four wave mixing (FWM) emission…”
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Saturable transmission in mercury cadmium telluride by Matter, J. C., Smirl, A. L., Scully, M. O.

“…We have observed saturable absorption effects in mercury cadmium telluride. The transmission of etched Hg0.39Cd0.61Te saturates by more than a factor of 10 for…”
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Picosecond photorefractive and free-carrier transient energy transfer in GaAs at 1 mu m by Smirl, A.L., Valley, G.C., Bohnert, K.M., Boggess, T.F.

“…The strength, formation, and decay of photorefractive and free-carrier gratings written in GaAs by 43-ps pulses at a wavelength of 1 mu m are investigated…”
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Transverse optical patterns for ultra-low-light-level all-optical switching by Dawes, A.M.C., Gauthier, D.J., Schumacher, S., Kwong, N.H., Binder, R., Smirl, A.L.

“…We review recent theoretical and experimental efforts toward developing an all‐optical switch based on transverse optical patterns. Transverse optical patterns…”
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Electrooptic polarization modulation in [110]-oriented GaAs-InGaAs multiple quantum wells by Snelling, M.J., Harken, D.R., Smirl, A.L., Towe, E.

“…An electrooptic modulator that is sensitive to the polarization state of transmitted light is demonstrated by using the intrinsic optical anisotropy of…”
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An interdigitated stacked p-i-n multiple-quantum-well modulator by Huang, X.R., Cheung, S.K., Cartwright, A.N., Smirl, A.L., Tseng, W.F.

“…We demonstrate low-voltage operation of a strained InGaAs-GaAs interdigitated hetero n-i-p-i modulator (or stacked SEED) that is grown and fabricated using a…”
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Quantum interference control of ballistic pure spin currents in semiconductors by Stevens, Martin J, Smirl, Arthur L, Bhat, R D R, Najmaie, Ali, Sipe, J E, Van Driel, H M

“…We demonstrate all-optical quantum interference injection and control of a ballistic pure spin current (without an accompanying charge current) in GaAs/AlGaAs…”
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Linear optical properties of quantum wells composed of all-binary InAs/GaAs short-period strained-layer superlattices by HASENBERG, T. C, MCCALLUM, D. S, HUANG, X. R, DAWSON, M. D, BOGGESS, T. F, SMIRL, A. L

“…The linear optical properties of a variety of (InAs/GaAs)-GaAs multiple quantum well structures, where each well consists of a highly strained InAs/GaAs…”
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