Large optical nonlinearities in semiconductor superlattices
- 16 October 1989
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 55 (16) , 1609-1611
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.102234
Abstract
We show that the nonlinear response of a direct-gap semiconductor superlattice is greatly enhanced when the separation of the lowest two conduction minibands approaches the magnitude of the principal gap. Two structures exhibiting this enhanced nonlinear response are described.Keywords
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