Abstract
A new method of coherent resonance excitation of plasma instability in a 2D quantum well driven by two‐color laser radiation due to photoinduced generation of electron–hole pairs is proposed. It is shown that under the resonance condition, where the frequency and wavenumber of the beat wave obey the 2D plasmon dispersion relation, a space‐charge wave is excited efficiently. A self‐consistent treatment of the problem is presented and the small‐signal response of the 2D system in the THz frequency region is found. This new method provides the selective resonance excitation of plasmons, tuning of their frequency, and efficient control of plasma wave parameters crucial for THz semiconductor technology.
Article PDF
Similar content being viewed by others
Avoid common mistakes on your manuscript.
References
C. Wirner, C. Kiener, W. Boxleitner, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett., 70, 2609 (1993).
K. Hirakawa, M. Grayson, D. C. Tsui, and C. Kurdak, Phys. Rev. B, 47, 16651 (1993).
K. Hirakawa, K. Yamanaka, M. Grayson, and D.C. Tsui, Appl. Phys. Lett., 67, 2326 (1995).
S. A. Mikhailov, Phys. Rev. B, 58, 1517 (1998).
M. Voßeb¨urger, H. G. Roskos, F. Wolter, et al., J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, 13, 1045 (1996).
E. R. Brown, K. A. McIntosh, K. B. Nichols, and C. L. Dennis, Appl. Phys. Lett., 66, 285 (1995).
S. Matsuura, G. A. Blake, R. A. Wyss, et al., Appl. Phys. Lett., 74, 2872 (1999).
A. Pinczuk and G. Abstreiter, in: M. Cardona and G. G¨untherodt (eds.), Light Scattering in Solids, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg (1988), Vol. V, p. 153.
A. Pinczuk, G. Abstreiter, R. Trommer, and M. Cardona, Solid State Commun., 30, 429 (1979).
G. Abstreiter and K. Ploog, Phys. Rev. Lett., 42, 1308 (1979).
A. Pinczuk, H.L. St¨ormer, R. Dingle, et al., Solid State Commun., 32, 1001 (1979).
A. S. Bhatti, D. Richards, H. P. Hughes, et al., Phys. Rev. B, 51, 2252 (1995).
A. S. Bhatti, D. Richards, H. P. Hughes, and D. A. Ritchie, Phys. Rev. B, 53, 11016 (1996).
D. S. Kainth, D. Richards, A. S. Bhatti, et al., Phys. Rev. B, 59, 2095 (1999).
M. Levinstein, S. Rumyantsev, and M. Shur (eds.), Handbook Series on Semiconductor Parameters, Vol. 1, World Scientific (1996).
A. L. Fetter, Annals of Physics, 81, 367 (1973).
N. T. Linh, in: H. L. Grubin, D. K. Ferry, and C. Jacoboni (eds.), The Physics of Submicron Semiconductor Devices, NATO ASI Series, Ser. B: Physics, Plenum, New York, 180, 629 (1988).
M. J. Kelly, Low-Dimensional Semiconductors, Clarendon Press, Oxford (1995).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Smetanin, I.V., Han, H. Resonance Selective Excitation of Terahertz Plasma Waves in a Semiconductor Quantum Well Using Two-Color Laser Radiation. Journal of Russian Laser Research 22, 403–409 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012889320088
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012889320088