This study calculates the dispersion of the third-order susceptibility for a GaAs/AlAs superlattice. The calculated dispersion of Re/spl chi//sup (3)/ below the half-bandgap is shown, illustrating the resonant enhancement at the half-bandgap. Dispersion of all eight independent /spl chi//sup (3)/ tensor elements are addressed and the complete polarisation dependence of self-phase modulation for the usual [001]-grown waveguide orientation is obtained. There is considerable anisotropy with the effective coefficient for the TE polarization being about three times larger than for the TM polarisation around the half-bandgap due to a combination of the bulk /spl chi//sup (3)/ anisotropy and the suppression of the heavy-hole optical matrix element for TM-polarisation.


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    Title :

    Theory of ultrafast nonlinear refraction in semiconductor heterostructure waveguides


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    Publication date :

    2003-01-01


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    123631 byte





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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