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Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016

Filed:

Apr. 02, 2012
Applicant:

Humphrey J. Maris, Barrington, RI (US);

Inventor:

Humphrey J. Maris, Barrington, RI (US);

Assignee:

Brown University, Providence, RI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/16 (2006.01); G01R 31/265 (2006.01); H01L 33/00 (2010.01); G01R 31/44 (2006.01); H02S 50/10 (2014.01); H01L 33/06 (2010.01); H01L 33/32 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/2656 (2013.01); G01R 31/44 (2013.01); H01L 33/0095 (2013.01); H02S 50/10 (2014.12); H01L 33/06 (2013.01); H01L 33/32 (2013.01);
Abstract

A pump light pulse is generating a strain pulse in a sample that includes quantum wells. A signal is measured using a probe light pulse. The probe light pulse is delayed in relation to the pump light pulse. The signal derives from a change in an optical property of the sample, which optical property responds to the generated strain pulse. One may deduce parameters of interest of the sample, including the quantum wells, from the characteristics of the signal. For discerning between various components of the stress in the quantum wells a lead pump pulse, preceding the pump light, pulse my also be used. A system for the application of such methods is also disclosed.


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