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We develop a theory of laser beam generation of shift currents in non-centrosymmetric semiconductors. The currents originate when the excited electrons transfer between different bands or scatter inside these bands, and asymmetrically shift…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-10-31 Petr Kral

We propose a compact high-intensity room-temperature source of entangled photons based on the efficient second-order process of two-photon spontaneous emission from electrically-pumped semiconductor quantum wells in a photonic microcavity.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Alex Hayat , Pavel Ginzburg , Meir Orenstein

A compact accelerator based super-radiant THz source is under development at Inter University Accelerator Centre (IUAC), New Delhi. The facility is based on the principle of pre-bunched Free Electron Laser (FEL) which will produce THz…

In this article, we use spatially modulated control fields to increase the four-wave mixing efficiency in a four-subband semiconductor asymmetric double quantum well, motivated by similar works in atomic systems. Using a simplified version…

Optics · Physics 2023-12-29 Dionisis Stefanatos , Foteini Avouri , Emmanuel Paspalakis

We evaluate the phase-coherent transport of electrons along linear structures of varying length, which are made from two types of potential wells set in either a periodic or a Fibonacci quasi-periodic sequence. The array is described by a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. R. Bakhtiari , P. Vignolo , M. P. Tosi

Optical nonlinearities are known to provide a coherent coupling between the amplitude and phase of the light, which can result in the formation of periodic waveforms. Lasers that emit such waveforms are referred to as optical frequency…

We consider self-pulsing regimes in chains of Kerr nonlinear optical microresonators. By means of a supermodal diagonalization procedure of the conventional coupled-mode theory in time, we theoretically and numerically study the bifurcation…

Optics · Physics 2018-07-31 Andrea Armaroli , Patrice Féron , Yannick Dumeige

Large-scale quantum information processors or quantum communication networks will require reliable exchange of information between spatially separated nodes. The links connecting these nodes can be established using traveling photons that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-11-06 M. Pechal , L. Huthmacher , C. Eichler , S. Zeytinoglu , A. A. Abdumalikov , S. Berger , A. Wallraff , S. Filipp

Frequency-modulated (FM) combs form spontaneously in free-running semiconductor lasers and possess a vast potential for spectroscopic applications. Despite recent progress in obtaining a conclusive theoretical description, experimental FM…

Single-mode operation is essential for integrated semiconductor lasers, yet most solutions rely on regrowth, etched gratings, or other complex fabrication steps that limit scalability. We show that quantum-dot (QD) lasers can achieve stable…

Mid-infrared optical frequency combs are of significant interest for molecular spectroscopy due to the large absorption of molecular vibrational modes on one hand, and the ability to implement superior comb-based spectroscopic modalities…

This work presents a mathematical model of an adsorption column to study the evolution of contaminant concentration and adsorbed quantity along the longitudinal axis of the filter. The model is formulated as a system of partial differential…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-04-09 J. Anglada Lloveras , M. Aguareles , E. Barrabés

Terahertz quantum cascade laser sources based on intra-cavity difference frequency generation from mid-IR devices are an important asset for applications in rotational molecular spectroscopy and sensing, beingthe only electrically pumped…

We have realized a hybrid solid-state quantum device in which a single-electron semiconductor double quantum dot is dipole coupled to a superconducting microwave frequency transmission line resonator. The dipolar interaction between the two…

We demonstrate a scheme, based on a cascade of lithium niobate intensity and phase modulators driven by specially tailored radio frequency waveforms to generate an optical frequency comb with very high spectral flatness. In this work we…

Optical frequency combs play a crucial role in optical communications, time-frequency metrology, precise ranging, and sensing. Among various generation schemes, resonant electro-optic combs are particularly attractive for its excellent…

Optics · Physics 2024-08-02 Zhaoxi Chen , Yiwen Zhang , Hanke Feng , Yuansong Zeng , Ke Zhang , Cheng Wang

I present a theory of electron dynamics in semiconductors with slowly varying composition. I show that the frequency-dependent conductivity, required for the description of transport and optical properties, can be obtained from a knowledge…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-08-31 Michael R. Geller

Quantum cascade lasers are unipolar semiconductor lasers covering a wide range of the infrared and terahertz spectrum. Lasing action is achieved by using optical intersubband transitions between quantized states in specifically designed…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-12-12 Christian Jirauschek , Tillmann Kubis

Semiconductor colloidal quantum wells (CQWs) make an exciting quasi-2D class of nanocrystals thanks to their unique properties including their highly anisotropic optical transition dipole moment (TDM). Thus, employing a film of CQWs with…

Recently developed techniques for generating precisely equidistant optical frequencies over broad wavelength ranges are revolutionizing precision physical measurement [1-3]. These frequency "combs" are produced primarily using relatively…