Influence of radiative coupling on coherent Rabi intersubband oscillations in multiple quantum wells

Inès Waldmueller, Weng W. Chow, Andreas Knorr

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Abstract

The dependence of multiple quantum well intersubband Rabi oscillations on the radiative coupling between different quantum wells is investigated. We show that in a highly doped multiple quantum well sample, radiative coupling has a large impact on coherent density oscillations, even stronger than the impact of many-body effects. Specifically, radiative coupling can dominate nonlinear optical response, such as Rabi oscillations of subband populations, yielding distinctively different excitation behaviors in the different wells of a multiple quantum well sample. The magnitude of radiative coupling may be controlled by varying the angle of incidence of the external electric field.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number035433
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume73
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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