Broadband nonlinear refraction transients in C-doped GaN based on absorption spectroscopy

Fangyuan Shi; Yunfei Lv; Zhanpeng Chen; Xingzhi Wu; Zhengguo Xiao; Zhongguo Li; Quanying Wu; Yinglin Song; Yu Fang

doi:10.1364/PRJ.523278

Photonics Research, Volume. 12, Issue 10, 2334(2024)

Broadband nonlinear refraction transients in C-doped GaN based on absorption spectroscopy

Fangyuan Shi¹, Yunfei Lv¹, Zhanpeng Chen¹, Xingzhi Wu¹, Zhengguo Xiao^2,5, Zhongguo Li³, Quanying Wu¹, Yinglin Song^4,6, and Yu Fang^1、*

Author Affiliations

¹Key Laboratory of Efficient Low-carbon Energy Conversion and Utilization of Jiangsu Provincial Higher Education Institutions, School of Physical Science and Technology, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215009, China

²Department of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Tongren University, Tongren 554300, China

³School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Changshu Institute of Technology, Changshu 215500, China

⁴School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China

⁵e-mail: xiaozhengguo513@163.com

⁶e-mail: ylsong@hit.edu.cn

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Paper Information

Category: Nonlinear Optics

Received: Mar. 13, 2024

Accepted: Jul. 31, 2024

Published Online: Oct. 8, 2024

The Author Email: Yu Fang (yufang@usts.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.523278

CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.523278

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