OPTICAL SATURATION OF INTERSUBBAND ABSORPTION IN SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES

被引:20
作者
PAN, SH [1 ]
FENG, SM [1 ]
机构
[1] ACAD SINICA,INST PHYS,BEIJING 100080,PEOPLES R CHINA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1991年 / 44卷 / 15期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.44.8165
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
The third-order nonlinear intersubband absorption in superlattices is studied theoretically by means of a general formalism of the Kronig-Penney model given recently. It is shown that there is a general relation between the tunnel bandwidth and the minimum optical saturation intensity. The physical origin of this relation is analyzed.
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页码:8165 / 8169
页数:5
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