V. OPTICAL KERR EFFECT ........................................................................................................................... 11 • BOUND ELECTRONIC OPTICAL KERR EFFECT IN SOLIDS.................................................................................... 11 • RE-ORIENTATIONAL KERR EFFECT IN LIQUIDS ........................................................................

We report an experimental study on optical and magneto-optical properties of Cesubstituted yttrium iron garnet thin films incorporating gold nanoparticles. Au nanoparticles were formed by heating Au thin film on cubic quartz and garnet substrate in vacuum chamber and a Ce:YIG layer was deposited on them by the aid of Pulsed laser deposition method. A large enhancement of the longitudinal Kerr e...

Based on Takayama-Lin-Liu-Maki model, analytical expressions for the third-harmonic generation, dc Kerr effect, dc-induced second-harmonic optical Kerr effect, optical Kerr effect or intensity-dependent index of refraction, and dc-electric-field-induced optical rectification are derived under the static current-current (J0J0) correlation for one-dimensional infinite chains. The results of hyper...

The transitional behavior of the two-photon Kerr effect between the self-Kerr and cross-Kerr cases is investigated. To this end, we have developed a semiclassical method for evaluating the two-photon Kerr effect that is applicable to any two-photon input state. It is revealed that the maximum Kerr effect is obtained when the second photon is input with a delay time that corresponds to the absor...

Abstract. A number of time resolved optical experiments probing and controlling the spin and charge dynamics of the high mobility two-dimensional electron gas in a GaAs/AlGaAs heterojunction are discussed. These include time resolved reflectivity, luminescence, transient grating, magneto-optical Kerr effect, and electro-optical Kerr effect experiments. The optical experiments provide informatio...

A number of time-resolved optical experiments probing and controlling the spin and charge dynamics of the high-mobility two-dimensional electron gas in a GaAs/AlGaAs heterojunction are discussed. These include time-resolved reflectivity, luminescence, transient grating, magneto-optical Kerr effect, and electro-optical Kerr effect experiments. The optical experiments provide information on the c...