Possibility of intrinsic optical (far-IR) bistability in an asymmetric double quantum well

A new type of optical bistability in a double quantum well is predicted. This is a pure intrinsic bistability which is not accompanied by any dc current in an external circuit and requires no source of electric energy. The effect is based on counterfield electron transfer and is driven and controlle...

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Published in:Physics letters. A 1993-08, Vol.179 (6), p.423-428
Main Authors: Stockman, Mark I., Pandey, Lakshmi N., Muratov, Leonid S., George, Thomas F.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties
Exact sciences and technology
Optical properties and condensed-matter spectroscopy and other interactions of matter with particles and radiation
Optical properties of specific thin films
Optical properties of specific thin films, surfaces, and low-dimensional structures
Physics
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Summary:A new type of optical bistability in a double quantum well is predicted. This is a pure intrinsic bistability which is not accompanied by any dc current in an external circuit and requires no source of electric energy. The effect is based on counterfield electron transfer and is driven and controlled by far-IR radiation resonant to an intersubband transition. Bistable switching and hysteresis can be monitored either electrically or optically. Theory shows the effect to be readily observable.
ISSN:0375-9601
1873-2429
DOI:10.1016/0375-9601(93)90102-6