Carrier excitations and nonlinear optical effects in semiconductor quantum wells

Density matrix formulation is used to investigate the nonlinear optical properties of semiconductor quantum-well devices. The generation of terahertz electromagnetic pulses from ultrafast optical pulse excitations of semiconductor heterostructures is studied in the time domain with a three-level model. Coupled optical Bloch equations are derived with a rotating wave approximation and solved by the fifth-order Runge-Kutta method.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Electrical Engineering

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Luo, Marie Shiang-Chyong

Contributors dc:contributor

• Chuang, Shun-Lien

• Engineering, Electronics and Electrical
• Physics, Condensed Matter

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1993 Luo, Marie Shiang-Chyong

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9329103
(UMI)AAI9329103

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/21424