Electrostatic enhancement of light emitted by semiconductor quantum well

1.8-THz-wide optical frequency comb emitted from monolithic passively mode-locked semiconductor quantum-well laser.

We report on an optical frequency comb with 14 nm (∼1.8  THz) spectral bandwidth at a -3  dB level that is generated using a passively mode-locked quantum-well laser in photonic integrated circuits fabricated through an InP generic photonic integration technology platform. This 21.5-GHz colliding-pulse mode-locked laser cavity is defined by on-chip reflectors incorporating intracavity phase mod...

Semiconductor quantum light sources

Applying quantum light states to photonic applications allows functionalities that are not possible using ‘ordinary’ classical light. For example, carrying information with single photons provides a means to test the secrecy of optical communications, which could soon be applied to the problem of sharing digital cryptographic keys1,2. Although secure quantum-key-distribution systems based on we...

Enhancement of light absorption in a quantum well by surface plasmon polariton

A Comparison of Amplitude-Phase Coupling and Linewidth Enhancement in Semiconductor Quantum- Well and Bulk Lasers

The amplitude-phase coupling factor a (linewidth enhancement factor) is compared in typical semiconductor quantum-well and bulk double heterostructure lasers. As a direct consequence of the reduction of the differential gain, there is no reduction of a in the single quantum-well lasers compared to the bulk lasers. The number of quantum wells strongly affects the amplitude-phase coupling in quan...

Exciton condensate in semiconductor quantum well structures.

We propose that the exciton condensate may form in a well-controlled way in appropriately arranged semiconductor quantum well structures. The mean-field theory of Keldysh and Kopaev, exact in both the high density and the low density limits, is solved numerically to illustrate our proposal. The electron-hole pairing gap and the excitation spectrum of the exciton condensate are obtained. The ene...