TERAHERTZ EMISSION WITH A TIME-DEPENDENT AMPLITUDE IN ASYMMETRIC TRIPLE QUANTUM-WELLS

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HERNANDEZCABRERA, A
ACEITUNO, P
CRUZ, H
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[1] Departamento de Física Fundamental y Experimental, Universidad de La Laguna, 38204 La Laguna, Tenerife
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10.1006/spmi.1995.1042
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
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In this work, we have numerically integrated in space and time the effective-mass Schrodinger equation for an exciton in a GaAs/GaAlAs triple quantum well heterostructure. Considering a Coulomb interaction between the electron-hole pair in a, triple quantum well, we have obtained a time-varying dipole moment in the system whose amplitude is also oscillating with time. In this way, we have shown the possibility of having a new kind of terahertz electromagnetic radiation emerging from a semiconductor device after an optical excitation of the system.
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