Coherent manipulation of a strongly driven semiconductor quantum well

Emmanuel Paspalakis, Margarita Tsaousidou, and Andreas F. Terzis

Phys. Rev. B 73, 125344 – Published 29 March 2006

Abstract

We study the interaction of a pulsed electric field with a semiconductor quantum well by using the effective nonlinear Bloch equations. We present analytical solutions for the Bloch equations for specific system parameters, under the rotating wave approximation. We also present conditions that could lead to complete inversion in the system for a wide range of parameters. Our findings are assessed by numerical calculations for a double quantum well based on GaAs.

Received 10 November 2005

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.73.125344

Authors & Affiliations

Emmanuel Paspalakis¹, Margarita Tsaousidou¹, and Andreas F. Terzis²

¹Materials Science Department, School of Natural Sciences, University of Patras, Patras 265 04, Greece
²Physics Department, School of Natural Sciences, University of Patras, Patras 265 04, Greece

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Vol. 73, Iss. 12 — 15 March 2006

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