Electric-field-induced Nonlinear Optical Rectification, Second- and Third-harmonic Generation in Asymmetrical Quantum Well

Year 2017, Volume: 21 Issue: 2, 367 - 372, 17.06.2017

Serpil Sakıroglu

Abstract

The effects of a static electric field on the nonlinear optical rectification, second- and third-harmonic generation in a quantum well described by Morse potential are theoretically investigated. Analytical expressions for the optical coefficients due to intersubband optical transitions with an applied electric field are extracted from the compact-density matrix approach and iterative scheme. Numerical results presented for a typical GaAs quantum well reveal the feasibility of control of optical transitions between the size-quantized subbands. In addition, we have to emphasize the fact that the optical response of the system is remarkably sensitive to the electric field and structural range parameter.

Keywords

Morse potential, Electric field; Nonlinear optics; Quantum well

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