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For doped semiconductor superlattices we have analyzed the effects of absorption saturation and change in the refractive index depending on the level of their excitation and structure parameters. The calculations were carried out with account for the tails of the density of states and screening of the electrostatic potential. It is shown that doped superlattices may display “shading,” i.e., the increase in the absorption coefficient at a fixed frequency with increase in light intensity. For δ–doped superlattices a stronger nonmonotonicity of the change in the refractive index with increase in the excitation level in comparison with typical structures can manifest itself.
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Ushakov, D.V., Kononenko, V.K. & Manak, I.S. Nonlinear Optical Processes in Doped Semiconductor Superlattices. Journal of Applied Spectroscopy 68, 656–662 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012586425501
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