Optimal design and quantum limit for second harmonic generation in semiconductor heterostructures

Details Optimal design and quantum limit for second harmonic generation in semiconductor heterostructures Optimal design and quantum limit for second harmonic generation in semiconductor heterostructures

2000-11-23

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0011406v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

5 pages, 2 figures embedded. To apper in J. App. Phys. (Jan 2nd, 2001)

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.1334939

The optimal design for infrared second harmonic generation (SHG) is determined for a GaAs-based quantum device using a recently developed genetic approach. Both compositional parameters and electric field are simultaneously optimized, and the quantum limit for SHG, set by the trade-off between large dipole moments (favouring electron delocalization) and large overlaps (favouring electron localization), is determined. Optimal devices are generally obtained with an asymmetric double quantum well shape with narrow barriers and a graded region sideways to the largest well. An electric field is not found to lead to improved SHG if compositional parameters are optimized.

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