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Enhancement of optical rectification in coupled quantum wells

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The nonlinear optical rectification (OR) in the asymmetric GaAs/AlxGa1−xAs coupled quantum wells (CQWs) is theoretically investigated. The compact density matrix approach and the iterative method are used to calculate the OR in CQWs. The results show that the OR value obtained in this system can be enhanced by adjusting the parameters of the left-well. Moreover, the OR value also depends strongly on the electron density of the CQWs.

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OR value \(\chi_{0}^{\left( 2 \right)}\) as a function of the photon energy \(\hbar \omega\) for three different left-well’s parameters U1 and widths WL

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This manuscript has no associated data or the data will not be deposited. [Authors’ comment: The datasets generated in this study are available from the corresponding author, C.J. Zhang, upon reasonable request.]

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The work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants Nos. 12174161 and 12074398).

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  1. School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, China

    Yu Jiang & Chaojin Zhang

  2. State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics and CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-Intense Laser Science, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, China

    Henglei Du & Chengpu Liu

  3. Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Henglei Du & Chengpu Liu

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Jiang, Y., Zhang, C., Du, H. et al. Enhancement of optical rectification in coupled quantum wells. Eur. Phys. J. D 78, 11 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/s10053-024-00801-1

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