Far-infrared generation by doubly resonant difference frequency mixing in a coupled quantum well two-dimensional electron gas system
- 25 July 1994
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 65 (4) , 445-447
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.112328
Abstract
Far‐infrared generation (λ=60 μm) by difference‐frequency mixing in a coupled quantum well two‐dimensional electron system is reported. Extremely large values of the nonlinear susceptibility are found (χω2−ω1(2)−10−6 m/V) by engineering a doubly resonant structure with narrow intersubband transition linewidths (Γ∼1–2 meV). The effect of many body interactions (depolarization shift) on the frequency dependence of the process is observed.Keywords
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