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We investigate the optically induced transitions from a bound state in a quantum well to the continuum of free states above the barriers. In particular we study quantitatively the possibility for breakdown of the selection rule on the polarization of the electromagnetic field observed recently when the well is just too narrow to contain two bound states. The calculations are made in higher order perturbation theory invoking the interface roughness and the dopant atoms as the potentials which allow coupling between final states of different momentum parallel to the interface.
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Vinter, B., Thibaudeau, L. (1992). Bound to Free State Infrared Absorption and Selection Rules in Quantum Wells. In: Rosencher, E., Vinter, B., Levine, B. (eds) Intersubband Transitions in Quantum Wells. NATO ASI Series, vol 288. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3346-7_31
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