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Femtosecond Studies of Room Temperature Optical Nonlinearities in Wide‐Gap II–VI Compounds
Author(s) -
Puls J.,
Rudolph W.,
Henneberger F.,
Lab D.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.2221500211
Subject(s) - femtosecond , ultrashort pulse , nonlinear optical , materials science , optoelectronics , optics , nonlinear system , laser , physics , quantum mechanics
Fs‐excite‐and‐probe measurements are made on wide‐gap II–VI compounds at room temperature. A variety of nonlinear processes are observed and their ultrafast transients are studied. The results emphasize the use of these materials for fs optical switching.