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Polarization Control of Optically Pumped Terahertz Lasers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2013

Gabriela Slavcheva  and
Alexey V. Kavokin
Gabriela Slavcheva
Affiliation:
Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London and Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials, University of Bath, U.K.
Alexey V. Kavokin
Affiliation:
Spin Optics Laboratory, St. Petersburg State University, Russia and School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, U. K.
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Abstract

Two-photon pumping of excited exciton states in semiconductor quantum wells is a tool for realization of ultra-compact terahertz (THz) lasers based on stimulated optical transition between excited 2p and ground 1s exciton state. We show that the probability of two-photon absorption by a 2p-exciton is strongly dependent on the polarization of both photons. Variation of the threshold power for THz lasing by a factor of 5 is predicted by switching from linear to circular pumping. We calculate the polarization dependence of the THz emission and identify photon polarization configurations for achieving maximum THz photon generation quantum efficiency.

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luminescenceTerahertz Laserspolarization
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1617: Symposium 7E – Low-Dimensional Semiconductor Structures , 2013 , pp. 199 - 204
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2013 

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