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We consider theoretically the realization of a tunable terahertz light emitting diode from a quantum well with dressed electrons placed in a highly doped p-n junction. In the considered system the strong resonant dressing field forms…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-11 S. Mandal , K. Dini , O. V. Kibis , T. C. H. Liew

We report thermoelectric (TE) properties of topological surface Dirac states (TSDS) in three-dimensional topological insulators (3D-TIs) purely isolated from the bulk by employing single crystal Bi$_{2-x}$Sb$_x$Te$_{3-y}$Se$_y$ films…

Bosonic condensates offer exciting prospects for studies of non-equilibrium quantum dynamics. Understanding the dynamics is particularly challenging in the sub-picosecond timescales typical for room temperature luminous driven-dissipative…

In this manuscript, the evaluation procedure of transition dipole moment (TDM) is discussed. Semiconducting Cd_{x}Zn_{1-x}Se_{y}S_{1-y} alloyed quantum dots (AQDs) are used as the two level emitting system. The AQDs are then self-assembled…

Optics · Physics 2025-04-04 Harshavardhan R. Kalluru , Binita Tongbram , Jaydeep K. Basu

Emergent collective modes in lattices give birth to many intriguing physical phenomena in condensed matter physics. Among these collective modes, large-area modes typically feature small-level spacings, while a mode with stable frequency…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-07-16 Zhongfu Li , Shiqi Li , Bei Yan , Hsun-Chi Chan , Jing Li , Jun Guan , Wengang Bi , Yuanjiang Xiang , Zhen Gao , Shuang Zhang , Peng Zhan , Zhenlin Wang , Biye Xie

This article exploits group-IV germanium (Ge) quantum dots (QDs) on Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) grown by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) in order to explore its optical behaviour in the Terahertz (THz) regime. In this work, Ge QDs, pumped by an…

Topological materials hold great promise for developing next-generation devices with transport properties that remain resilient in the presence of local imperfections. However, their susceptibility to thermal noise has posed a major…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-11 Jiefei Wang , Jianhao Dai , Ruosong Mao , Yunzhou Lu , Xiao Liu , Huizhu Hu , Shi-Yao Zhu , Xingqi Xu , Han Cai , Da-Wei Wang

In this paper we give a proposal to realize optical lattices with manipulated dislocations and study the physics of ultracold quantum gas on a two-dimensional (2D) optical square lattice with dislocations. In particular, the dislocations…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2014-02-21 Xing-Hai Zhang , Wen-Jun Fan , Jin-Wei Shi , Su-Peng Kou

Active topological photonic systems enable robust light control and new pathways for semiconductor lasing. However, their intrinsically non-Hermitian nature, combining gain, radiation leakage, and material loss, makes the underlying physics…

Achieving strong coupling between excitons of colloidal semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) and localized surface plasmon polaritons (LSPs) is critical for advanced room-temperature quantum emitter and sensing applications. A key challenge is…

A spherical quantum dot (QD) heterosystem CdS/SiO$_2$ has been studied. Each QD has a hydrogen-like impurity in its center. Besides that, it has been accounted that a polarization trap for electron exists at the interfaces due to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-12-15 V. I. Boichuk , R. Ya. Leshko , D. S. Karpyn

Slow data acquisition in terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) has hindered the technique's ability to resolve "fast" dynamics occurring on the microsecond timescale. This timescale, arguably too slow to be accessed via standard…

We demonstrate electrically pumped III-nitride edge-emitting laser diodes (LDs) with nanoporous bottom cladding. The LD structure was grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. Highly doped 350 nm thick GaN:Si cladding layer with Si…

Topological Insulators (TIs) exhibit exciting optical properties, which opens up a new pathway to generate ultrashort pulses from fiber lasers. Layered TIs display distinct saturable absorption property due to excited state absorption, as…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-05-20 Shyamal Mondal , Rounak Ganguly , Krishnakanta Mondal

The continuous pumping of atoms into a Bose-Einstein condensate via spontaneous emission from a thermal reservoir is analyzed. We consider the case of atoms with a three-level $\Lambda$ scheme, in which one of the atomic transitions has a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 L. Santos , F. Floegel , T. Pfau , M. Lewenstein

We introduce a classification scheme for symmetry protected topological phases applicable to stationary states of open systems based on a generalization of the many-body polarization. The polarization can be used to probe the topological…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2016-11-15 Dominik Linzner , Lukas Wawer , Fabian Grusdt , Michael Fleischhauer

By employing T-matrix approach, we investigate a nonmagnetic impurity located on the surface of three-dimensional topological insulators, where the time reversal symmetry is preserved. It is shown that the images of the local density of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Degang Zhang , C. S. Ting

Surface states refer to electronic states emerging as a solid material terminates at a surface, and can be present in many systems. Despite their spatial proximity to material surfaces, surface states have been largely overlooked in…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-05-29 Hua Chen , Wenguang Zhu , Di Xiao , Zhenyu Zhang

Light-induced phase transitions offer a method to dynamically modulate topological states in bulk complex materials. Yet, next-generation devices demand nanoscale architectures with contact resistances near the quantum limit and precise…

We present a novel scheme to obtain robust, narrowband, and tunable THz emission by using a nano-dimensional overdense plasma target that is irradiated by two counter-propagating detuned laser pulses. So far, no narrowband THz sources with…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-10-27 Manoj Kumar , Hyung Seon Song , Jaeho Lee , Dohyun Park , Hyyung Suk , Min Sup Hur