Resonant Parametric Generation of Infrared Radiation on Intersubband Transitions in Low-Dimensional Semiconductor Heterostructures

Abstract

A new scheme for generation of coherent radiantion on the intersubband transition without population inversion between subbands is presented. The scheme is based on the resonant nonlinear mixing of the optical laser fields on the two interband transitions which are generated in the same active region and serve as a coherent drive for the infrared field. This mechanism for frequency self-conversion can work efficiently at room temperature and with injection current pumping. Due to the parametric nature of infrared generation the proposed inversionless scheme is especially promising for long-wvavelength (far-infrared) operation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADP013176

Entities

People

  • A. A. Belyanin
  • F. Capasso
  • M. O. Scully
  • V. V. Kocharovsky
  • Vl. V. Kocharovsky

Organizations

  • Russian Academy of Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bulk Semiconductors
  • Coherent Radiation
  • Conversion
  • Crystal Lattice Vibrations
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Difference Frequency
  • Dipole Moments
  • Electronics Laboratories
  • Frequency
  • Heterojunctions
  • Infrared Radiation
  • Lasers
  • Quantum Dot Lasers
  • Quantum Dots
  • Quantum Wells
  • Radiation
  • Semiconductors

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene