Optical switching in cadmium telluride using a light-induced electrode nonlinearity

M Ziari, WH Steier - Applied optics, 1993 - opg.optica.org
An optically controlled buildup and erasure of an electric field under the negative electrode
in CdTe: In is reviewed both experimentally and theoretically. Below-band-gap impurity …

CdTe: In monocrystal modules for all-optical processing

S Pietralunga, P Boffi, M Martinelli - Journal of Nonlinear Optical …, 1996 - World Scientific
The aim of this work is to present the application of photoconductive properties of electro-
optical n-doped CdTe: In single crystals to all-optical processing of signals at λ= 1550 nm …

Sub-nanosecond all-optical switching in CdZnTe

A Zappettini, L Cerati, A Milani, SM Pietralunga… - Journal of crystal …, 2000 - Elsevier
We demonstrate the possibility of using high resistivity CdZnTe as an active material for all-
optical switching of signals in the third telecommunication window, with sub-nanosecond …

Opto-optical switching in the infrared using CdTe

WH Steier, J Kumar, M Ziari - Optics letters, 1989 - opg.optica.org
Opto-optical switching of a 1.06-μm signal beam by another 1.06-μm control beam has been
observed in CdTe: In. The switching is caused by the photocharge created by the control …

Nonresonant four-wave mixing in photorefractive CdTe crystals using a picosecond parametric generator

K Jarašiūnas, V Gudelis, P Delaye… - Review of scientific …, 1998 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate that a parametrically pumped picosecond laser has enough coherence and
energy to write transient phase gratings at nonresonant interaction, thus allowing a study of …

Efficient generation of 480 fs electrical pulses on transmission lines by photoconductive switching in metalorganic chemical vapor deposited CdTe

MC Nuss, DW Kisker, PR Smith, TE Harvey - Applied physics letters, 1989 - pubs.aip.org
We have generated electrical pulses of only 480 fs duration by photoconductive switching in
CdTe grown by u1traviolet~ enhanced metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). In …

Two‐photon‐induced optical switching using a CdTe etalon

AY Hamad, JP Wicksted - Journal of applied physics, 1996 - pubs.aip.org
We report the observation of optical switching in a CdTe etalon at room temperature using
11 ns pulses at 1.064 μm radiation. We have also observed optical limiting and pulse …

Enhancement of the photorefractive gain at 1.3–1.5 μm in CdTe using alternating electric fields

M Ziari, WH Steier, PM Ranon, MB Klein, S Trivedi - JOSA B, 1992 - opg.optica.org
We report large enhancement of the two-beam-coupling gain in vanadium-doped cadmium
telluride. We used the applied-alternating-field method with square and sinusoidal …

Cadmium telluride bulk crystal as an ultrafast nonlinear optical switch

S Tatsuura, T Matsubara, H Mitsu, Y Sato… - Applied Physics …, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
A semiconductor bulk crystal has several advantages as a nonlinear optical material, such
as low processing cost, long interaction length, and alleviation of the free-carrier absorption …

Electronic-based model of the optical nonlinearity of low-electron-density Drude materials

IW Un, S Sarkar, Y Sivan - Physical Review Applied, 2023 - APS
Low-electron-density Drude (LEDD) materials such as indium tin oxide (ITO) are receiving
considerable attention for their combination of CMOS compatibility, unique epsilon-near …