Mid/far-infrared few-cycle-pulse emission via resonant mixing in semiconductor heterostructures Conference Paper

abstract

• Mid/far-infrared emission from a semiconductor multiple quantum well structure under femtosecond optical pulse excitation is studied. It is shown that resonant nonlinear-wave mixing in the quantum wells can be used for the generation of ultra-short mid/far-infrared pulses with a duration of a few cycles or even a single cycle. Explicit analytical formulas for the mid/far-infrared radiation field and polarization in a simple three-level model of a quantum well are presented and compared with numerical simulations. The power of the mid/far-infrared emission and the down conversion efficiency of the resonant nonlinear-wave mixing are discussed. 2004 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

authors

• Belyanin, Alexey
• Scully, Marlan

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF MODERN OPTICS

author list (cited authors)

• Pestov, D. S., Belyanin, A. A., Kocharovsky, V. V., Kocharovsky, V. V., & Scully, M. O.

citation count

• 5

complete list of authors

• Pestov, DS||Belyanin, AA||Kocharovsky, VV||Kocharovsky, VV||Scully, MO

publication date

• November 2004

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Modern Optics  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/09500340408231811

start page

• 2523

end page

• 2531

volume

• 51

issue

• 16-18

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09500340408231811