Stimulated Raman adiabatic passage in physics, chemistry, and beyond

NV Vitanov, AA Rangelov, BW Shore… - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2017 - APS
The technique of stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP), which allows efficient and
selective population transfer between quantum states without suffering loss due to …

A coherent single-hole spin in a semiconductor

D Brunner, BD Gerardot, PA Dalgarno, G Wüst… - science, 2009 - science.org
Semiconductors have uniquely attractive properties for electronics and photonics. However,
it has been difficult to find a highly coherent quantum state in a semiconductor for …

Quantum dots for luminescent solar concentrators

F Purcell-Milton, YK Gun'ko - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
There is a great need for solar cell based energy resources due to the rapid growth in price
of fossil fuels and the great danger of increasing greenhouse effect caused by carbon …

Controllable optical bistability in a four-subband semiconductor quantum well system

JH Li - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials …, 2007 - APS
We study optical bistability (OB) behavior based on intersubband transitions in asymmetric
double quantum wells (QWs) where tunneling-induced quantum inference can be observed …

Quantum interference in second-harmonic generation from monolayer WSe2

KQ Lin, S Bange, JM Lupton - Nature Physics, 2019 - nature.com
A hallmark of wave–matter duality is the emergence of quantum-interference phenomena
when an electronic transition follows different trajectories. This type of interference results in …

Giant Kerr nonlinearity, controlled entangled photons and polarization phase gates in coupled quantum-well structures

C Zhu, G Huang - Optics Express, 2011 - opg.optica.org
We study linear and nonlinear propagations of probe and signal pulses in a multiple
quantum-well structure with a four-level, double Λ-type configuration. We show that slow …

Efficient spatiotemporal-vortex four-wave mixing in a semiconductor nanostructure

Z Wang, Y Zhang, E Paspalakis, B Yu - Physical Review A, 2020 - APS
We propose a scheme to demonstrate spatiotemporal-vortex four-wave mixing (FWM) in an
asymmetric semiconductor double quantum-well nanostructure. It is found that the orbital …

Ultraslow bright and dark solitons in semiconductor quantum wells

WX Yang, JM Hou, RK Lee - Physical Review A—Atomic, Molecular, and …, 2008 - APS
We study the low-intensity light pulse propagation through an asymmetric double quantum
well via Fano-type interference based on intersubband transitions. The propagation of the …

Observation of the Intraexciton Autler-Townes Effect in <?format ?>Semiconductor Quantum Wells

M Wagner, H Schneider, D Stehr, S Winnerl… - Physical Review Letters, 2010 - APS
The near-infrared transmission of a semiconductor multiple quantum well is probed under
intense terahertz illumination. We observe clear evidence of the intraexcitonic Autler …

Matched slow optical soliton pairs via biexciton coherence in quantum dots

WX Yang, AX Chen, RK Lee, Y Wu - … Review A—Atomic, Molecular, and Optical …, 2011 - APS
We theoretically investigate the simultaneous formation and stable propagation of slow
optical soliton pairs in semiconductor quantum dots with a four-level biexciton-exciton …