Band-gap-resonant nonlinear refraction in III-V semiconductors

D A B Miller, C T Seaton, M E Prise, Desmond Smith

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Abstract

We present experimental measurements of the resonance of the large intensity dependence of refractive index in InSb near the band-gap energy at 77 K and derive a semiempirical theory for this effect which fits the measurements well, both in absolute magnitude and wavelength dependence, using only measurable parameters. The size of the effect in other nondegenerate direct-band-gap III-V compound semiconductors and at other temperatures is predicted. © 1981 The American Physical Society.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)197-200
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume47
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1981

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