EVALUATION OF GAAS AL0.3GA0.7AS MULTIPLE-QUANTUM-WELL WAVE-GUIDES FORPULSED SQUEEZED-LIGHT GENERATION/

Authors
FOX AM HUTTNER B RYAN JF PATE MA ROBERTS JS
Citation
Am. Fox et al., EVALUATION OF GAAS AL0.3GA0.7AS MULTIPLE-QUANTUM-WELL WAVE-GUIDES FORPULSED SQUEEZED-LIGHT GENERATION/, Physical review. A, 50(5), 1994, pp. 4415-4418
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
10502947
Volume
50
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
4415 - 4418
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(1994)50:5<4415:EOGAMW>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
We have measured the nonlinear refractive index n(2) and two-photon ab sorption coefficient beta in GaAs/Al0.3Ga0.7As multiple-quantum-well w aveguides in the band tail region about 45 meV below the n=1 heavy hol e exciton absorption line. At 883 nm we find that beta = 1.9 x 10(-8) cm W-1 and that n(2) approximate to -1 x 10(-12) cm(2) W-1. The linear loss coefficient is measured to be 6.3 cm(-1) at the same wavelength. Based on these values, we estimate that up to 4.5 dB pulsed squeezing is possible.