Title :
Optical Frequency Conductance, Susceptance and Admittance of Quantum Wells
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
fDate :
4/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Optical absorption and emission via interband and intersubband transitions in a quantum well can be described by a quantized optical frequency conductance proportional to the fine structure constant. We present a compact physical model based on optical frequency admittance for the interaction of light with quantum wells in photodetectors and semiconductor lasers.
Keywords :
laser transitions; light absorption; optical frequency conversion; photodetectors; quantum wells; semiconductor lasers; fine structure constant; interband transitions; intersubband transitions; optical absorption; optical emission; optical frequency admittance; optical frequency conductance; optical frequency susceptance; photodetectors; quantum wells; semiconductor lasers; Absorption; Adaptive optics; Admittance; Electron optics; Optical polarization; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Fine structure constant; photodetectors; quantum wells; semiconductor lasers;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.2010.2100809
