Nonlinear intersubband optical absorption in a semiconductor quantum well

D. Ahn; S. L. Chuang

doi:10.1063/1.339369

Nonlinear intersubband optical absorption in a semiconductor quantum well

D. Ahn, S. L. Chuang

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Illinois

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The third-order nonlinear intersubband absorption in a semiconductor quantum well is studied theoretically using the density matrix formalism including intrasubband relaxation. It is shown that the peak absorption is reduced by half for an optical intensity 1 MW/cm² for the well size L=126.5 Å with 3.0×10¹⁶/cm³ electrons.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3052-3055
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Applied Physics
Volume	62
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.339369
State	Published - 1987

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