Impurity-related optical response in a 2D and 3D quantum dot with Gaussian confinement under intense laser field

ABSTRACT

Using the two-dimensional (2D) diagonalisation method, the impurity-related electronic states and optical response in a 2D quantum dot with Gaussian confinement potential under nonresonant intense laser field are investigated. The effects of a hydrogenic impurity on the energy spectrum and binding energy of the electron and also intersubband optical absorption are calculated. The obtained numerical results show that the degeneracies of the excited electron states are broken and the absorption spectrum exhibits a redshift with the values of the laser field. The findings indicate a new degree of freedom to tune the performance of novel optoelectronic devices, based on the quantum dots and to control their specific properties by means of intense laser field and hydrogenic donor impurity. Using the same Gaussian confinement model, the electronic properties of a confined electron in the region of a spherical quantum dot are studied under the combined effects of on-centre donor impurity and a linearly polarised intense laser radiation. The three-dimensional problem is used to theoretically model, with very good agreement, some experimental findings reported in the literature related to the photoluminescence peak energy transition.     

Electronic and optical properties of asymmetric GaAs double quantum dots in intense laser fields

In the present work, we investigated the effect of an intense non-resonant laser field on the electronic structure and the nonlinear optical properties (the light absorption, the optical rectification) of a GaAs asymmetric double quantum dot under a strong probe field excitation. The calculations were performed within the compact-density matrix formalism under the steady state conditions with the use of the effective mass approximation. The obtained results show that: (i) the electronic structure and, consequently, the optical properties are sensitive to the dressed potential; (ii) the changes in the incident light polarisation lead to blue or redshifts in the intraband optical absorption spectrum; (iii) for specific values of the structure parameters and under an intense laser illumination, the asymmetric double quantum dots can be a good candidate for NOR emission of THz radiation.     

Numerical investigation on photonic microwave generation by a sole excited-state emitting quantum dot laser with optical injection and optical feedback

Based on three-level exciton model, the enhanced photonic microwave signal generation by using a sole excited-state(ES) emitting quantum dot(QD) laser under both optical injection and optical feedback is numerically studied. Within the range of period-one(P1) dynamics caused by the optical injection, the variations of microwave frequency and microwave intensity with the parameters of frequency detuning and injection strength are demonstrated. It is found that the microwave frequency can be continuously tuned by adjusting the injection parameters, and the microwave intensity can be enhanced by changing the injection strength. Moreover, considering that the generated microwave has a wide linewidth, an optical feedback loop is further employed to compress the linewidth, and the effect of feedback parameters on the linewidth is investigated. It is found that with the increase of feedback strength or delay time, the linewidth is evidently decreased due to the locking effect. However, for the relatively large feedback strength or delay time, the linewidth compression effect becomes worse due to the gradually destroyed P1 dynamics. Besides, through optimizing the feedback parameters, the linewidth can be reduced by up to more than one order of magnitude for different microwave frequencies.     

Calculation of linear and nonlinear optical absorption coefficients of a spherical quantum dot with parabolic potential

In the effective mass approximation, we calculated the binding energy and wave function for the 1s-, 1p-, 1d- and 1f-states of a spherical quantum dot (QD) with parabolic potential by using a combination of quantum genetic algorithm (QGA) and Hartree-Fock-Roothaan (HFR) method. In addition, we also investigated the linear and the third-order nonlinear optical absorption coefficients as a function of the incident photon energy for the 1s-1p, 1p-1d and 1d-1f transitions. Our results are shown that the existence of impurity has great influence on optical absorption coefficients. Moreover, the optical absorption coefficients are strongly affected by the incident optical intensity, relaxation time, parabolic potential and dot radius.     

Trends in ultrashort and ultrahigh power laser pulses based on optical parametric chirped pulse amplification

Since the proof-of-principle demonstration of optical parametric amplification to efficiently amplify chirped laser pulses in 1992,optical parametric chirped pulse amplification(OPCPA)became the most promising method for the amplification of broadband optical pulses.In the meantime,we are witnessing an exciting progress in the development of powerful and ultrashort pulse laser systems that employ chirped pulse parametric amplifiers.The output power and pulse duration of these systems have ranged from a few gigawatts to hundreds of terawatts with a potential of tens of petawatts power level.Meanwhile,the output pulse duration based on optical parametric amplification has entered the range of fewoptical-cycle field.In this paper,we overview the basic principles,trends in development,and current state of the ultrashort and laser systems based on OPCPA,respectively.     

驻波激光场中囚禁离子的线性熵和量子态转移研究

运用量子纠缠和线性熵理论,研究了驻波激光场中囚禁离子的线性熵和量子态转移。讨论了相干角、离子的相对位相、离子与驻波激光场之间的耦合强度以及失谐量、Lamb-Dicke参数对离子线性熵的影响。结果表明,在一定的条件下可以实现囚禁离子的内态到振动态的相干转移,线性熵随时间的演化呈现非周期性的振荡行为。离子线性熵的最大值随着相干角、离子与激光场之间的耦合强度以及失谐量的增大而减小,随着Lamb-Dicke参数的增大而增大。并且可以通过调节驻波激光场来调节离子与驻波激光场之间的耦合强度和失谐量,从而达到对离子线性熵的控制与操纵,理论上提供了一种调控纠缠的方式。     

驻波激光场中囚禁离子的线性熵和量子态转移研究

运用量子纠缠和线性熵理论,研究了驻波激光场中囚禁离子的线性熵和量子态转移.讨论了相干角、离子的相对位相、离子与驻波激光场之间的耦合强度以及失谐量、Lamb-Dicke参数对离子线性熵的影响.结果表明,在一定的条件下可以实现囚禁离子的内态到振动态的相干转移,线性熵随时间的演化呈现非周期性的振荡行为.离子线性熵的最大值随着相干角、离子与激光场之间的耦合强度以及失谐量的增大而减小,随着Lamb-Dicke参数的增大而增大.并且可以通过调节驻波激光场来调节离子与驻波激光场之间的耦合强度和失谐量,从而达到对离子线性熵的控制与操纵,理论上提供了一种调控纠缠的方式.     

Linear and nonlinear optical absorption in different graded quantum wells modulated by intense laser field

The laser field dependence of the linear and nonlinear intersubband optical absorption in different graded quantum wells (GQWs) is investigated in the effective mass approximation. Results obtained show that the position and the magnitude of the linear and total absorption coefficients depend on the laser parameter and the shape of GQW. The resonant peak of total absorption coefficient can be bleached at sufficiently high incident optical intensities. Such a dependence of the exciting optical intensity on the external field strengths in different GQWs can be very useful for several potential device applications. It should point out that by applying the laser field we can obtain a blue shift or a red shift in the intersubband optical transitions.     

Frequency-locking and threshold current-lowering effects of a quantum cascade laser and an application in gas detection field

In this paper,the frequency-locking and threshold current-lowering effects of a quantum cascade laser are studied and achieved.Combined with cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy,the noninvasive detection of H_2 with a prepared concentration of 500 ppm in multiple dissolved gases is performed and evaluated.The high frequency selectivity of 0.0051 cm~(-1) at an acquisition time of 1 s allows the sensitive detection of the(1-0) S(l) band of H_2 with a high accuracy of(96.53±0.29)%and shows that the detection limit to an absorption line of 4712.9046 cm~(-1) is approximately(17.26±0.63) ppm at an atmospheric pressure and a temperature of 20 ℃.     

Semiconductor laser amplitude and phase noises effects in coherent optical frequency domain reflectometry C-OFDR

We study the effects of the semiconductor laser noise on the generated beat signal, in Coherent Optical Domain Reflectometry device. By using a general laser noise analytical model, based on Volterra non-linear treatment of laser rate equations, we find a novel general expression of the beat photocurrent. We show that the coherence and the incoherence cases are observed for a different delay time intervals than the ones known in literature. We show that the coherence domain corresponds to a delay time lower than the half of the laser coherence time τ₀<1/2τ_c, and the incoherence domain corresponds for τ₀>2τ_c. An original shape of the beat signal autocorrelation function affected by the laser noises is obtained.