Ultrafast field-resolved semiconductor spectroscopy utilizing quantum interference control of currents

doi:10.1364/OL.37.003879

Ultrafast field-resolved semiconductor spectroscopy utilizing quantum interference control of currents

Claudia Ruppert, Jan Lohrenz, Sebastian Thunich, and Markus Betz »View Author Affiliations

Optics Letters, Vol. 37, Issue 18, pp. 3879-3881 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.37.003879

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We implement a versatile concept to time-resolve optical nonlinearities of semiconductors in amplitude and phase. A probe pulse transmitted through the optically pumped sample is superimposed with first subharmonic spectral components derived from the same laser source. This effective $ω / 2 ω$ pulse pair induces a coherently controlled current in a time-integrating semiconductor detector. Current interferograms obtained by scanning the $ω / 2 ω$ time delay then reveal the electric field of the $2 ω$ part as well as its pump-induced modifications. As a paradigm we analyze the excitonic optical nonlinearity of a CdTe thin film at frequencies around 385 THz. We then move on to resolve the pump-induced amplitude- and phase-distortions of a probe pulse related to two-photon absorption and cross-phase modulation in ZnSe.

OCIS Codes
(030.1670) Coherence and statistical optics : Coherent optical effects
(190.7110) Nonlinear optics : Ultrafast nonlinear optics

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Nonlinear Optics

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Original Manuscript: July 18, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: July 30, 2012
Published: September 14, 2012

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Claudia Ruppert, Jan Lohrenz, Sebastian Thunich, and Markus Betz, "Ultrafast field-resolved semiconductor spectroscopy utilizing quantum interference control of currents," Opt. Lett. 37, 3879-3881 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-37-18-3879

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[1] R. A. Kaindl, M. A. Carnahan, D. Hägele, R. Lövenich, and D. S. Chemla, Nature 423, 734 (2003). [CrossRef]

[2] R. Huber, F. Tauser, A. Brodschelm, M. Bichler, G. Abstreiter, and A. Leitenstorfer, Nature 414, 286 (2001). [CrossRef]

[3] T. Kampfrath, A. Sell, G. Klatt, A. Pashkin, S. Mährlein, T. Dekorsy, M. Wolf, M. Fiebig, A. Leitenstorfer, and R. Huber, Nature Photon. 5, 31 (2011). [CrossRef]

[4] C. Kübler, R. Huber, S. Tübel, and A. Leitenstorfer, Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 3360 (2004). [CrossRef]

[5] A. Sell, R. Scheu, A. Leitenstorfer, and R. Huber, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 251107 (2008). [CrossRef]

[6] W. J. Walecki, D. N. Fittinghoff, A. L. Smirl, and R. Trebino, Opt. Lett. 22, 81 (1997). [CrossRef]

[7] D. Karaiskaj, A. D. Bristow, L. J. Yang, X. C. Dai, R. P. Mirin, S. Mukamel, and S. T. Cundiff, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 117401 (2010). [CrossRef]

[8] M. E. Siemens, G. Moody, H. B. Li, A. D. Bristow, and S. T. Cundiff, Opt. Express 18, 17699 (2010). [CrossRef]

[9] R. Atanasov, A. Haché, J. L. P. Hughes, H. M. van Driel, and J. E. Sipe, Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 1703 (1996). [CrossRef]

[10] A. Haché, Y. Kostoulas, R. Atanasov, J. L. P. Hughes, J. E. Sipe, and H. M. van Driel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 306 (1997). [CrossRef]

[11] S. Thunich, C. Ruppert, A. W. Holleitner, and M. Betz, Opt. Lett. 36, 1791 (2011). [CrossRef]

[12] M. Joffre, D. Hulin, A. Migus, A. Antonetti, C. Benoit a la Guillaume, N. Peyghambarian, M. Lindberg, and S. W. Koch, Opt. Lett. 13, 276 (1988). [CrossRef]

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