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Effects of external fields on the nonlinear optical properties of an n-type quadruple δ-doped GaAs quantum wells

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Linear, third-order, total optical absorption and relative refractive index change coefficients are investigated for an n-type \(\delta \)-doped GaAs/Al\({_x}\)Ga\(_{1-x}\)As quadruple quantum well with electric, magnetic as well as laser fields as external probes. The Hamiltonian operator of the quaternary \(\delta \)-doped well is written with the inclusion of laser dressed potential term and electric, magnetic field energy operators, in order to obtain the electronic spectrum. Optical properties are calculated by obtained electronic states within the framework of compact density matrix approach. The results show that, in the presence of external electric, magnetic and intense laser fields, the evaluated optical coefficients exhibit similar shifting characteristic with different peak magnitude variations. These findings in the optical properties of quadruple \(\delta \)-doped quantum wells in the presence of external fields may provide guidance to the practical studies.

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  1. Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Piri Reis University, 34940, Istanbul, Turkey

    Aysevil Salman Durmuslar

  2. Nanomaterials Technology Unit, Basic and Applied Scientific Research Center (BASRC), College of Science of Dammam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P. O. Box 1982, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia

    Hassen Dakhlaoui

  3. Department of Physics, College of Sciences for Girls, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

    Hassen Dakhlaoui

  4. Centro de Investigación en Ciencias-IICBA, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Ave. Universidad 1001, CP 62209, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

    Miguel Eduardo Mora-Ramos

  5. Faculty of Science, Department of Physics, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, 58140, Sivas, Turkey

    Fatih Ungan

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Salman Durmuslar, A., Dakhlaoui, H., Mora-Ramos, M.E. et al. Effects of external fields on the nonlinear optical properties of an n-type quadruple δ-doped GaAs quantum wells. Eur. Phys. J. Plus 137, 730 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-022-02938-7

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