Title :
Influence of radiative coupling on the nonlinear optical response of intersubband transitions in multiple quantumwells
Author :
Waldmueller, Inès ; Chow, WengW ; Knorr, Andreas
Author_Institution :
Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM
Abstract :
We investigated many-body and radiative coupling effects on intersubband Rabi oscillations in a multiple quantum well system. Under certain conditions, radiative coupling is the dominating effect, yielding distinctively different excitation behaviors in the wells.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; high-speed optical techniques; many-body problems; nonlinear optics; semiconductor quantum wells; intersubband Rabi oscillations; intersubband transitions; many-body effects; multiple quantum wells; radiative coupling; ultrafast nonlinear optics; Electromagnetic coupling; Frequency; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical coupling; Optical devices; Optical propagation; Optical scattering; Quantum well devices; Ultrafast optics; (230.5590) Quantum-well devices; (320.7130) Ultrafast processes in condensed matter, including semiconductors;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628972
