Research in Optical Sciences

Abstract

The primary goal of this project is to examine the surface characteristics of mercury cadmium telluride (HgCdTe) infrared detectors, to determine the source of performance-limiting dark current in those detectors. This report discusses research progress in the Optica Sciences, including the areas of: scanning tunneling microscopy in the evaluation of HgCdTe material; optical elements for x-ray and uv wavelengths; interaction of a single semiconductor cluster with intense laser beams; coherent and nonlinear effects in semiconductors; nonlinear organics for guided wave devices; nonlinear propagation and wave mixing in sodium vapor; gain/feedback approach to optical instabilities; conical emission; kaleidoscopic spatial instability; nonlinear dynamics and chaos in cavity QED; origin and application of four-wave mixing in semiconductors; theory of the semiconductor laser; nonlinear theory of phase conjugate optics; polishing of diamond films with argon and oxygen ion beams; and chemical vapor deposition of diamond and diamond-like films.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 12, 1990
Accession Number
ADA230964

Entities

People

  • R. R. Shannon

Organizations

  • University of Arizona

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Laser Applications
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Science
  • Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Nonlinear Optics
  • Optical Materials
  • Optical Phenomena
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Quantum Mechanics
  • Quantum Wells
  • Semiconductors
  • Standing Waves
  • Wave Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene