中国物理B ›› 2013, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (3): 37104-037104.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/22/3/037104

• CONDENSED MATTER: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES • 上一篇    下一篇

Optical absorption in asymmetric double quantum wells driven by two intense terahertz fields

吴宏伟a, 米贤武b c   

  1. a College of Physical Science and Mechanical Engineering, Jishou University, Jishou 416000, China;
    b Department of Physics and Information Engineering, Huaihua University, Huaihua 418008, China;
    c Key Laboratory of Terahertz Solid-State Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
  • 收稿日期:2012-07-21 修回日期:2012-08-29 出版日期:2013-02-01 发布日期:2013-02-01
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10647132) and the Hunan Provincial Education Department Funded Project, China (Grant No. 10A100).

Optical absorption in asymmetric double quantum wells driven by two intense terahertz fields

Wu Hong-Wei (吴宏伟)a, Mi Xian-Wu (米贤武)b c   

  1. a College of Physical Science and Mechanical Engineering, Jishou University, Jishou 416000, China;
    b Department of Physics and Information Engineering, Huaihua University, Huaihua 418008, China;
    c Key Laboratory of Terahertz Solid-State Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
  • Received:2012-07-21 Revised:2012-08-29 Online:2013-02-01 Published:2013-02-01
  • Contact: Mi Xian-Wu E-mail:xwmi@yahoo.com.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10647132) and the Hunan Provincial Education Department Funded Project, China (Grant No. 10A100).

摘要: Optical absorption is investigated for asymmetric double quantum wells driven by a resonant terahertz field and a varied terahertz field both polarized along the growth direction. Rich nonlinear dynamics of the replica peak and the Autler-Townes splitting of various dressed states are systematically studied in undoped asymmetric double quantum wells by taking account of multiple factors, such as the frequency of the varied terahertz field and the strength of the resonant terahertz field. Each electron subband splits into two dressed states when the resonant terahertz field is applied in the absence of the varied terahertz field, the optical absorption spectrum shows the first order Autler-Townes splitting of the electron subbands. When a varied terahertz field is added into the resonant system, the replica peak and the second order Autler-Townes splitting of the dressed states near the band edge respectively emerge when the varied terahertz field is non-resonant and resonant with these dressed states. When the strength of the resonant terahertz field is increased, the first order Autler-Townes double peaks and the replica peak in the optical absorption spectrum shift with the shifts of the dressed states. The presented results have potential applications in electro-optical devices.

关键词: optical absorption, intense terahertz field, Autler-Townes splitting

Abstract: Optical absorption is investigated for asymmetric double quantum wells driven by a resonant terahertz field and a varied terahertz field both polarized along the growth direction. Rich nonlinear dynamics of the replica peak and the Autler–Townes splitting of various dressed states are systematically studied in undoped asymmetric double quantum wells by taking account of multiple factors, such as the frequency of the varied terahertz field and the strength of the resonant terahertz field. Each electron subband splits into two dressed states when the resonant terahertz field is applied in the absence of the varied terahertz field, the optical absorption spectrum shows the first order Autler–Townes splitting of the electron subbands. When a varied terahertz field is added into the resonant system, the replica peak and the second order Autler–Townes splitting of the dressed states near the band edge respectively emerge when the varied terahertz field is non-resonant and resonant with these dressed states. When the strength of the resonant terahertz field is increased, the first order Autler–Townes double peaks and the replica peak in the optical absorption spectrum shift with the shifts of the dressed states. The presented results have potential applications in electro-optical devices.

Key words: optical absorption, intense terahertz field, Autler–Townes splitting

中图分类号:  (Intrinsic properties of excitons; optical absorption spectra)

  • 71.35.Cc
78.20.Jq (Electro-optical effects) 71.70.Ej (Spin-orbit coupling, Zeeman and Stark splitting, Jahn-Teller effect)