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Recent advances in semiconductor crystal growth and process technology have made it possible to produce not only 2-dimensional quantum wells but also 1-D wire and 0-D box structures. The quantum confinement effects in these mesoscopic structures are expected to bring about new optical nonlinear phenomena which are useful for device applications. This paper reviews the recent progress in research on the optical nonlinear effects in the low-dimen-sional semiconductors. The unique nonlinear features are discussed in terms of optical proces-ses in these low-dimensional structures.
