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Tunable terahertz emission from difference-frequency in biased superlattices

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

The terahertz emission from difference-frequency in biased superlattices is calculated with the excitonic effect included. Owing to the doubly resonant condition and the excitonic enhancement, the typical susceptibility can be as large as 10510^{-5} m/V. The doubly resonant condition can always be realized by adjusting the bias voltage and the laser frequencies, thus the in-situ tunable emission is efficient in a range of several terahertz. Continuous wave operation with 1% quantum efficiency and μ\muW output power is feasible as the signal absorption in undoped superlattices is negligible.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0311494,
  title  = {Tunable terahertz emission from difference-frequency in biased superlattices},
  author = {Ren-Bao Liu and Bang-Fen Zhu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0311494},
  year   = {2009}
}

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