Physics – Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
2000-08-30
Physics
Quantum Physics
4 pages, 1 Postscript figure, Revtex style. Replacement corrects a printing error in the authors field
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevA.63.053803
A new scheme for infrared generation without population inversion between subbands in quantum-well and quantum-dot lasers is presented and documented by detailed calculations. The scheme is based on the simultaneous generation at three frequencies: optical lasing at the two interband transitions which take place simultaneously, in the same active region, and serve as the coherent drive for the IR field. This mechanism for frequency down-conversion does not rely upon any ad hoc assumptions of long-lived coherences in the semiconductor active medium. And it should work efficiently at room temperature with injection current pumping. For optimized waveguide and cavity parameters, the intrinsic efficiency of the down-conversion process can reach the limiting quantum value corresponding to one infrared photon per one optical photon. Due to the parametric nature of IR generation, the proposed inversionless scheme is especially promising for long-wavelength (far- infrared) operation.
Belyanin Alexey
Capasso Federico
Kocharovsky Vitaly V.
Kocharovsky Vl. V.
Scully Marlan . O.
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