RESONANT HARMONIC-GENERATION AND DYNAMIC SCREENING IN A DOUBLE-QUANTUM-WELL

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HEYMAN, JN [1 ]
CRAIG, K [1 ]
GALDRIKIAN, B [1 ]
SHERWIN, MS [1 ]
CAMPMAN, K [1 ]
HOPKINS, PF [1 ]
FAFARD, S [1 ]
GOSSARD, AC [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CALIF SANTA BARBARA, DEPT MAT, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.2183
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Second- and third-harmonic generation are observed in a semiconductor heterostructure which approximates a two-state system with an 11-meV level spacing. A resonance in the second- (third-) harmonic generation is found when the depolarization-shifted infrared absorption peak is Stark tuned through 2 (3) times the pump frequency. These resonances are thus associated with the depolarization-shifted, and not the bare, intersubband energy. Data are analyzed with a theory of second-harmonic generation including dynamic screening. Saturation is observed at pump intensities > 10 kW/cm2.
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