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 …

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 …

Enhancing Kerr nonlinearity in an asymmetric double quantum well via Fano interference

H Sun, S Gong, Y Niu, S Jin, R Li, Z Xu - Physical Review B—Condensed …, 2006 - APS
We investigate the enhancement of Kerr nonlinearity in an asymmetric GaAs double
quantum well via Fano interference, which is caused by tunneling from the excited subband …

Highly efficient vortex four-wave mixing in asymmetric semiconductor quantum wells

J Qiu, Z Wang, D Ding, W Li, B Yu - Optics Express, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Orbital angular momentum (OAM) is an important property of vortex light, which provides a
valuable tool to manipulate the light-matter interaction in the study of classical and quantum …

Phase control of optical bistability and multistability via spin coherence in a quantum well waveguide

SH Asadpour, M Jaberi, HR Soleimani - JOSA B, 2013 - opg.optica.org
In a GaAs quantum well waveguide coupled by orthogonally polarized optical fields, the
influence of spin coherence on the optical bistability (OB) and multistability is investigated. It …

Spatially dependent four-wave mixing in semiconductor quantum wells

Y Zhang, Z Wang, J Qiu, Y Hong, B Yu - Applied Physics Letters, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
We propose a scheme to generate spatially dependent four-wave mixing (FWM) in an
asymmetric semiconductor three-coupled-quantum-well nanostructure. By adjusting the …

Optical bistability in a triple semiconductor quantum well structure with tunnelling-induced interference

J Li, X Hao, J Liu, X Yang - Physics Letters A, 2008 - Elsevier
We study the behavior of optical bistability (OB) in a triple semiconductor quantum well
structure with tunnelling-induced interference, where the system is driven coherently by the …

Phase-dependent electromagnetically induced transparency and its dispersion properties in a four-level quantum well system

A Joshi - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials …, 2009 - APS
The four-level inverted-Y configuration realizable in an asymmetric quantum well system
interacting with four fields is studied to demonstrate the phenomenon of phase-dependent …

Switching from optical bistability to multistability in a coupled semiconductor double-quantum-dot nanostructure

Z Wang, B Yu - JOSA B, 2013 - opg.optica.org
We investigate the optical bistability (OB) and multistability in a coupled semiconductor
double-quantum-dot nanostructure inside an optical ring cavity. It is found that the transition …