Mid-infrared efficient generation by resonant four-wave mixing in a three-coupled-quantum-well nanostructure

被引：33

作者：

Hao, Xiangying ^{[1
]}

Li, Jiahua

Yang, Xiaoxue

机构：

[1] Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Wuhan Natl Lab Optoelect, Wuhan 430074, Peoples R China

来源：

OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS | 2009年 / 282卷 / 16期

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

Four-wave mixing (FWM); Intersubband transitions (ISBTs); Three-coupled-quantum-wells (TCQWs); SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM-WELLS; INTERSUBBAND TRANSITIONS; INDUCED TRANSPARENCY; FANO INTERFERENCE; NONLINEAR OPTICS; COHERENT CONTROL; INVERSION; NONPARABOLICITY; LIGHT;

D O I：

10.1016/j.optcom.2009.05.015

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We present a cascade configuration for the realization of highly efficient four-wave mixing (FWM) process in an asymmetric semiconductor three-coupled-quantum-well (TCQW) structure based on intersubband transitions (ISBTs). In the proposed TCQW scheme. the efficiency of the generated FWM mid-infrared (MIR) signal is significantly enhanced and the obtained maximum efficiency is greater than 50%. The corresponding explicit analytical expressions for the input probe and generated FWM pulsed fields are derived by use of the coupled Schrodinger-Maxwell approach and the FWM efficiency versus several variables is also discussed in details. Such a semiconductor system is much more practical than its atomic counterpart because of its flexible design and the wide adjustable parameters. This nonlinear optical process in the TCQW solid-state material can be used for efficiently generating coherent short-wavelength radiation. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：3339 / 3344

页数：6

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