THz laser field effect on the optical properties of cylindrical quantum well wires

The oscillator strength and the linear and third order nonlinear refractive index changes of a cylindrical quantum well wire under intense non-resonant laser field have been investigated within the effective mass-approximation by using a finite element method. We found that the laser amplitude, the incident light and the intersubband relaxation time have an important influence on the refractive index changes.     

Drag effect of one-dimensional electrons upon photoionization of D<Superscript>(−)</Superscript> centers in a longitudinal magnetic field

A theory is elaborated for the impurity photon drag effect in a semiconductor quantum wire exposed to a longitudinal magnetic field B directed along the axis of the quantum wire. The phonon drag effect is associated with the transfer of the longitudinal photon momentum to localized electrons in optical transitions from D^(?) states to hybrid-quantized states of the quantum wire, which is described by a confinement parabolic potential. An analytical expression for the drag current density is derived within the model of a zero-range potential in the effective mass approximation, and the spectral dependence of the drag current density is examined at different magnitudes of B and parameters of the quantum wire upon electron scattering by a system of impurities with short-range potentials. It is established that the spectral dependence of the drag current density exhibits a Zeeman doublet with a clear beak-shaped peak due to optical transitions of electrons from D^(?) states to states with the magnetic quantum number m=1. The possibility of using the photon drag effect in a longitudinal magnetic field for the development of laser radiation detectors is analyzed.     

激子效应对双曲型量子线中非线性光学吸收率的影响

本文研究了双曲型量子线的三阶非线性光学吸收率,着重研究了激子对其影响,并且利用密度矩阵算符理论导出了三阶非线性光学吸收率的解析表达式。最后,以A1GaAs/GaAs双曲型量子线为例作了数值计算。数值结果表明,当线宽增加时,激子效应对三阶非线性光学吸收率的影响越来越弱,特别是,当线宽接近于扩散长度时,激子效应将显着减弱。     

The isotropic-to-nematic transition in a two-dimensional fluid of hard needles: a finite-size scaling study

Laser dependence of binding energy on exciton in a GaAs quantum well wire embedded on an AlGaAs wire within the single band effective mass approximation is investigated. Laser dressed donor binding energy is calculated as a function of wire radius with the renormalization of the semiconductor gap and conduction valence effective masses. We take into account the laser dressing effects on both the impurity Coulomb potential and the confinement potential. The valence-band anisotropy is included in our theoretical model by using different hole masses in different spatial directions. The spatial dielectric function and the polaronic effects have been employed in a GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wire. The numerical calculations reveal that the binding energy is found to increase with decrease with the wire radius, and decrease with increase with the value of laser field amplitude, the polaronic effect enhances the binding energy considerably and the binding energy of the impurity for the narrow well wire is more sensitive to the laser field amplitude.     

Soliton Light Pulse Transport in a Quantum Wire of Nonlinear Ionic Crystal

We discuss theoretically the transport of a light pulse along a quantum wire made of a nonlinear ionic crystal. Under the adiabatic approximation, the propagation of the axial component of the electric field along the quantum wire has soliton properties and its distribution in the cross section of the quantum wire still approximately satisfies the Bessel equation. The size effect of the quantum wire on the dispersion relation of the polaritons is also discussed.     

Nonlinear electron current through a short molecular wire

The voltage and the temperature behavior of inelastic interelectrode current mediated by a short molecular wire is analyzed within a nonlinear kinetic approach that accounts for strong Coulomb repulsion between transferring electrons. When the coupling to the heat bath occurs via high-frequency vibration modes we predict a generally nonlinear current-voltage characteristics (an Ohmic behavior at small voltage, rising towards saturation and being followed by an abrupt decrease at large voltage) and a bell-shaped current response vs temperature at not too large temperatures.     

Theoretical study of armchair single-walled carbon nanotubes in the presence of a strong laser field: high harmonic generation

The nonlinear optical response of armchair single-walled carbon nanotubes under high-intensity laser irradiation is investigated theoretically and numerically because the generation of high harmonics requires a strong laser field and come from the nonlinear motion of π electrons in carbon nanotubes. A nonperturbative approach is performed to investigate the effect of group velocity on the high harmonics spectrum by nanotubes. A set of the quantum kinetic equations is derived, which includes coupled equations for the density matrix. By solving the density matrix and the current density equations numerically, we have studied the high-order harmonic generation from metallic carbon nanotubes driven by an electromagnetic external field.     

Fabrication and microscopic characterization of a single quantum-wire laser with high uniformity

A T-shaped single quantum-wire laser with high spatial uniformity has been fabricated by a cleaved-edge overgrowth method with molecular beam epitaxy and a growth-interrupt annealing technique. Using micro-photoluminescence imaging and spectroscopy, we confirmed the formation of a spatially uniform quantum wire over 20 μm long without hetero-interface roughness. By optical pumping, we achieved single-mode lasing from the ground state of the single quantum wire at a threshold excitation power as low as 5 mW at 5 K.     

Anisotropic optical absorption in quantum well wires induced by high-frequency laser fields

The subband structure and optical properties of a cylindrical quantum well wire under intense non-resonant laser field are investigated by taking into account the correct dressing effect for the confinement potential. The energy levels and wave functions are calculated within the effective mass- approximation using a finite element method. It is found that the absorption coefficient and the saturation intensity are strongly affected by the laser amplitude and frequency as well as by the incident light polarization. As a key result, a large anisotropy in the linear and nonlinear optical absorptions for very intense laser field is predicted. These effects can be useful for the design of polarization sensitive devices.     

Nonlinear response of a clean one-dimensional wire

We study nonlinear transport in a clean one-dimensional wire fabricated by cleaved edge overgrowth in molecular beam epitaxy. At low electron densities, and with a large applied bias, we observe a feature in the differential conductance similar to the so-called "0.7 structure," found in quantum point contact devices. Using a simple model we suggest a link between this phenomenon, charge neutrality, and unidirectional dynamics in the wire.     

Laser-induced reshaping of the density of impurity states in GaAs/AlGaAs nanowires

The binding energy of shallow-donor impurities in a cylindrical quantum well wire irradiated by an intense non-resonant laser field is calculated within the effective mass approximation by using a variational procedure. Accurate laser-dressing effects are considered for both the confinement potential of the wire and the Coulomb potential of the impurity. The computation of the ground state subband energy eigenfunctions for different laser field intensities is based on a bidimensional finite element method. Important changes of the electron probability density under intense laser field conditions are predicted. The study reveals that the laser field compete with the quantum confinement and breaks down the degeneracy of states for donors symmetrically positioned within the nanostructure. A proper analysis of the density of impurity states is found to be essential for controlling the optical emission related to shallow donors in semiconductor quantum wires.     

Propagation of the ultrashort laser pulses through the quantum nonlinear medium with resonant properties

The propagation of ultrashort few-cycle laser pulses through a quantum nonlinear medium with resonant properties is studied using the method of slowly varying amplitudes with allowance for dispersion effects. A self-consistent system of nonlinear wave equation for the evolution of laser field and the nonstationary Schrödinger equation that determines the material polarization response is numerically solved. Specific features of the propagation of laser pulse caused by a relatively large spectral width and the nonadiabatic character of the laser pulse are established. The rise of the slowly dumping polarization at the eigenfrequency of the medium and the consequent stretching of the laser pulse are observed. The role of the resonant absorption of the laser energy in the medium is analyzed. The nonlinear spectral broadening is demonstrated for the laser pulse propagating through the medium.     

Antenna model for wire lasers

An antenna model is proposed for long (L > A) lasers with subwavelength cross sections (wire lasers). It is shown that the far-field pattern of the wire lasers is determined by the ratio of the wavelength to the length. The radiation of the wire laser is predicted to be concentrated in a narrow beam theta approximately radical(2lambda/L) for laser modes where the longitudinal phase velocity is in synchronism with the velocity of light in air. Experimental results obtained using a terahertz quantum cascade wire laser are in agreement with the model.     

Transient-Pulse Nonlinear Spectroscopy with the Radiation of a Multimode THz Gas Laser

We report on transient-pulse nonlinear spectroscopy with the radiation of a multimode THz gas laser. The method is demonstrated for studying the nonlinear response of a current-carrying superlattice to THz radiation; the current through a superlattice can be suppressed by a strong THz field. The method makes use of the pulses of a high power multimode THz gas laser. By splitting the laser beam for selected laser modes into a main beam and a reference beam we monitored with a reference detector the transient power in the main beam. The simultaneous measurement of both the instantaneous response and the instantaneous power allows to obtain the power dependence of the response within a single laser pulse. The method is suitable to study the nonlinear response of matter to THz radiation fields in a large dynamic range.     

差频可调谐太赫兹技术的新进展

太赫兹技术在最近30年来得到快速发展, 并在医学、生物、农业、材料、安检、通信、天文等领域得到广泛应用. 从太赫兹源的频谱特性可以分为窄带(单频)太赫兹源和宽带太赫兹源. 从频谱技术方面来说, 相干的宽带和窄带太赫兹谱是一种互补性关系, 具有各自的技术特点和应用范围. 宽带太赫兹谱可以用于快速获取较宽频谱范围的分子振转谱, 实现混合特征谱的快速检测或成像. 窄带太赫兹源具有很好的光谱灵敏度和分辨率, 适用于太赫兹抽运-探测、分子振转能级谱精细结构分辨 以及太赫兹远程探测和成像. 因此研制具有可调谐的高峰值功率的窄带太赫兹源是适用于探测和识别分子振转能级指纹谱的应用需求, 而差频技术是获得高功率和宽调谐窄带太赫兹源最重要的技术之一. 为了突出该技术的最新进展, 本综述引证论文仅仅限于近5 年来基于差频技术产生太赫兹波的研究进展, 分为光学激光差频源和量子级联激光器差频源两大部分. 对于光学激光差频源, 分别对目前文献报道的各种双波长差频源和太赫兹产生用的非线性晶体进行分类介绍, 并给出所采用的技术和实验结果; 对于量子级联激光器差频源, 分别介绍了量子级联激光器中的差频产生技术和波长调谐技术的最新进展. 量子级联激光器差频太赫兹源是目前实现量子级联激光器在太赫兹波段室温运转的惟一技术, 是实现小型化、窄带宽调谐和室温运转太赫兹源的新发展领域, 值得关注.     

Density of states in a cylindrical GaAs/AlxGa1−xAs quantum well wire under tilted laser field

Within the effective-mass approximation the subband electronic levels and density of states in a semiconductor quantum well wire under tilted laser field are investigated. The energies and wave functions are obtained using a finite element method, which accurately takes into account the laser-dressed confinement potential. The density of states obtained in a Green's function formalism is uniformly blueshifted under the laser's axial field whereas the transverse component induces an additional non-uniform increase of the subband levels. Our results confirm that the tilted laser field destroys the cylindrical symmetry of the quantum confinement potential and breaks down the electronic states' degeneracy. Axial and transversal effects of the non-resonant laser field on the density of states compete, bringing the attention to a supplementary degree of freedom for controlling the optoelectronic properties: the angle between the polarization direction of the laser and the quantum well wire axis.     

Effect of direct current on higher harmonic generation in the frequency spectrum of magnetoimpedance of amorphous wires with circular anisotropy

The effect of direct current on the nonlinear response of magnetoimpedance in circularly anisotropic amorphous wires is investigated. A model is proposed for calculating the voltage across the ends of the wire in the case of a weak skin effect in the sample. It is shown that a direct current passing through the wire can substantially increase the amplitude of even harmonics of the voltage. The conditions in which the sensitivity of the second harmonic to the applied magnetic field is maximal are determined.     

Soliton Atom Laser with Quantum State Transfer Property

We study the nonlinear effects in the quantum states transfer technique from photons to matter waves in the three-level case, which may provide the formation of a soliton atom laser with nonclassical atoms. The validity of quantum transfer mechanism is confirmed in the presence of the intrinsic nonlinear atomic interactions. The accompanied frequency chirp effect is shown to have no influence on the grey solitons formed by the output atom laser and the possible quantum depletion effect is also briefly discussed.