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Controllable transparency and slow–fast light in an optomechanical system with a triple quantum well

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The optical response in a hybrid optomechanical system containing a triple quantum well (TQW) is investigated theoretically. The optomechanical cavity is driven by a strong pump field and a weak probe field. We show that multiple electromagnetically induced transparency windows and optomechanically induced transparency (OMIT) window exist simultaneously for the weak probe field due to the Jaynes–Cummings coupling and optomechanical coupling respectively. Furthermore, the system absorption spectra can be tuned by changing the system coupling strength. Especially, when two external control lasers are applied to the TQW with frequency detuning, multiple transparency windows can be illustrated and adjusted by the external fields. Therefore, via changing the external coupling fields, we can realize manipulating the OMIT transparency window, tunable group delay and switch from fast light to slow light. Such a system may be much practical for the flexibility of TQW in the quantum information processing.

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Acknowledgements

This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11447182 and 11647122), the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province (Grant Nos. 2022CFB475 and 2018CFB672), the Project of the Hubei Provincial Department of Education (Grant No. B2021215), and the Natural Science Foundation of Xiaogan City (Grant No. XGKJ2021010002).

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11447182 and 11647122), the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province (Grant Nos. 2022CFB475 and 2018CFB672), the Project of the Hubei Provincial Department of Education (Grant No. B2021215), and the Natural Science Foundation of Xiaogan City (Grant No. XGKJ2021010002).

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Yu, C., Guan, X., Yang, W. et al. Controllable transparency and slow–fast light in an optomechanical system with a triple quantum well. Opt Quant Electron 56, 41 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-023-05631-w

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