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Nonlinear optical effects during femtosecond superradiant emission generation in semiconductor laser structures.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Vasil'ev, Peter P 
Penty, Richard V 
White, Ian H 

Abstract

This paper presents theoretical and experimental studies of ultrabright internal second harmonic during femtosecond superradiant emission generation in multiple sections GaAs/AlGaAs laser structures at room temperature. Experimentally measured conversion efficiencies are by 1-2 orders of magnitude greater than expected. To explain this fact, a model based on one-dimensional nonlinear Maxwell curl equations without taking into consideration the slowly-varying envelope approximation has been developed. It has been demonstrated that strong transient periodic modulation of e-h density and refraction index dramatically affects the process of superradiance in semiconductor media and can explain the ultrastrong internal second harmonic generation.

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0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics

Journal Title

Opt Express

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Journal ISSN

1094-4087
1094-4087

Volume Title

26

Publisher

The Optical Society
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/E064361/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/H022384/1)