Abstract
Simple formulas describing terahertz absorption and gain in a semiconductor superlattice irradiated by a microwave pump field are derived for the case when the signal frequency is a half harmonic of the pump. A simple qualitative analysis provides a geometric interpretation of the derived formulas, which can be used to determine if gain is feasible.
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Original Russian Text © A.V. Shorokhov, K.N. Alekseev, 2007, published in Zhurnal Éksperimental’noĭ i Teoreticheskoĭ Fiziki, 2007, Vol. 132, No. 1, pp. 223–226.