The effects of the interlayer distance on the nonlinear optical properties of n-type quadrupleδ-doped GaAs quantum well were theoretically investigated.Particularly,the absorption coefficient and the relative refract...The effects of the interlayer distance on the nonlinear optical properties of n-type quadrupleδ-doped GaAs quantum well were theoretically investigated.Particularly,the absorption coefficient and the relative refraction index change were determined.In the effective mass approach and within the framework of the Thomas-Fermi theory,the Schrodinger equation was resolved.Thereby,the subband energy levels and their respective wave functions were calculated.The variations in the nonlinear optical properties were determined by using the density matrix solutions.The achieved results demonstrate that the interlayer distance causes optical red-shift on nonlinear optical properties.Therefore,it can be deduced that the suitably chosen interlayer distance can be used to tune optical properties within the infrared spectrum region in optoelectronic devices such as far-infrared photo-detectors,high-speed electronic-optical modulators,and infrared lasers.展开更多
文摘The effects of the interlayer distance on the nonlinear optical properties of n-type quadrupleδ-doped GaAs quantum well were theoretically investigated.Particularly,the absorption coefficient and the relative refraction index change were determined.In the effective mass approach and within the framework of the Thomas-Fermi theory,the Schrodinger equation was resolved.Thereby,the subband energy levels and their respective wave functions were calculated.The variations in the nonlinear optical properties were determined by using the density matrix solutions.The achieved results demonstrate that the interlayer distance causes optical red-shift on nonlinear optical properties.Therefore,it can be deduced that the suitably chosen interlayer distance can be used to tune optical properties within the infrared spectrum region in optoelectronic devices such as far-infrared photo-detectors,high-speed electronic-optical modulators,and infrared lasers.
