Electromagnetically-induced transparency and slow light in GaAs/AlGaAs multiple quantum wells in a transient regime

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Electromagnetically-induced transparency and slow light in GaAs/AlGaAs multiple quantum wells in a transient regime

Seong-Min Ma, Hua Xu, and Byoung Seung Ham »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 17, Issue 17, pp. 14902-14908 (2009)
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Electromagnetically-induced transparency (EIT) is observed and analyzed for the group velocity of a femtosecond light pulse interacting with GaAs/AlGaAs multiple quantum wells (MQWs) in a transient regime. The calculated slowdown factor of the group velocity inside the medium due to the dynamic refractive index change is ~2.10 × 10³. We discuss the potential of EIT-induced slow light in GaAs/AlGaAs MQWs for ultrafast (~210 GHz) all-optical information processing such as photon routing.

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(270.1670) Quantum optics : Coherent optical effects
(300.6470) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, semiconductors
(320.7130) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast processes in condensed matter, including semiconductors

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Original Manuscript: July 8, 2009
Revised Manuscript: August 3, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: August 4, 2009
Published: August 6, 2009

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Seong-Min Ma, Hua Xu, and Byoung Seung Ham, "Electromagnetically-induced transparency and slow light in GaAs/AlGaAs multiple quantum wells in a transient regime," Opt. Express 17, 14902-14908 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-17-14902

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Behroozi, C. H.
Bennhardt, D.
Bigelow, M. S.
Binder, R.
Bott, K.
Boyd, R. W.
Bradley, C. W. W.
Chang, S. W.
Chang-Hasnain, C. J.
Chuang, S. L.
Cundiff, S. T.
Cunningham, J. E.
Damen, T. C.
Dutton, Z.
Eccleston, R.
Gaeta, A. L.
Ganeev, R. A.
Gauthier, D. J.
Ham, B. S.
Harris, S. E.
Hau, L. V.
Heller, O.
Henneberger, F.
Ku, P. C.
Kuhl, J.
Kwong, N. H.
Lepeshkin, N. N.
Li, T.
Lindberg, M.
Mayer, E. J.
Mayhew, N.
Nickolaus, H.
Okawachi, Y.
Palinginis, P.
Phillips, M. C.
Poog, K.
Rumyantsev, I.
Ryan, J. F.
Ryasnyanskiy, A. I.
Schweinsberg, A.
Sedgwick, F.
Shah, J.
Sham, L. J.
Sharping, J. E.
Smirl, A. L.
Smith, G. O.
Takayama, R.
Taylor, R. A.
Thomas, P.
Thomas, T. N.
Tucker, R. S.
Usmanov, T.
Via, L.
Wang, H.
Wünsche, H.-J.
Zhu, Z.

Electron. Lett.

R. S. Tucker, P. C. Ku, and C. J. Chang-Hasnain, “Delay-bandwidth product and storage density in slow-light optical buffers,” Electron. Lett. 41(4), 208–209 (2005). [CrossRef]

J. Lumin.

R. A. Taylor, C. W. W. Bradley, N. Mayhew, T. N. Thomas, and J. F. Ryan, “Femtosecond hole burning measurements in semiconductors,” J. Lumin. 53(1-6), 321–326 (1992). [CrossRef]

Nature

L. V. Hau, S. E. Harris, Z. Dutton, and C. H. Behroozi, “Light speed reduction to 17 metres per second in an ultracold atomic gas,” Nature 397(6720), 594–598 (1999). [CrossRef]

Opt. Commun.

R. A. Ganeev, A. I. Ryasnyanskiy, and T. Usmanov, “Optical and nonlinear optical characteristics of the Ge and GaAs nanoparticle suspensions prepared by laser ablation,” Opt. Commun. 272(1), 242–246 (2007). [CrossRef]

Opt. Express

Opt. Lett.

P. C. Ku, F. Sedgwick, C. J. Chang-Hasnain, P. Palinginis, T. Li, H. Wang, S. W. Chang, and S. L. Chuang, “Slow light in semiconductor quantum wells,” Opt. Lett. 29(19), 2291–2293 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Phys. Rev. A

B. S. Ham, “Observations of delayed all-optical routing in a slow-light regime,” Phys. Rev. A 78(1), 011808 (2008); For a nonslow light regime, see B. S. Ham, “Potential applications of dark resonance to subpicosecond optical switches in hyper-terahertz repetition rate,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 78(22), 3382–3384 (2001) [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. B

K. Bott, O. Heller, D. Bennhardt, S. T. Cundiff, P. Thomas, E. J. Mayer, G. O. Smith, R. Eccleston, J. Kuhl, and K. Poog, “Influence of exciton-exciton interactions on the coherent optical response in GaAs quantum wells,” Phys. Rev. B 48(23), 17418–17426 (1993). [CrossRef]
M. C. Phillips and H. Wang, “Exciton spin coherence and electromagnetically induced transparency in the transient optical response of GaAs quantum wells,” Phys. Rev. B 69(11), 115337 (2004). [CrossRef]
N. H. Kwong, I. Rumyantsev, R. Binder, and A. L. Smirl, “Relation between phenomenological few-level models and microscopic theories of the nonlinear optical response of semiconductor quantum wells,” Phys. Rev. B 72, 235312 (2005). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. Lett.

M. C. Phillips, H. Wang, I. Rumyantsev, N. H. Kwong, R. Takayama, and R. Binder, “Electromagnetically induced transparency in semiconductors via biexciton coherence,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 91(18), 183602 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
R. Binder and M. Lindberg, “Ultrafast adiabatic population transfer in p-doped semiconductor quantum wells,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 81(7), 1477–1480 (1998). [CrossRef]
Y. Okawachi, M. S. Bigelow, J. E. Sharping, Z. Zhu, A. Schweinsberg, D. J. Gauthier, R. W. Boyd, and A. L. Gaeta, “Tunable all-optical delays via Brillouin slow light in an optical fiber,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 94(15), 153902 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
M. C. Phillips and H. Wang, “Spin coherence and electromagnetically induced transparency via exciton correlations,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 89(18), 186401 (2002). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
H. Nickolaus, H.-J. Wünsche, and F. Henneberger, “Exciton spin relaxation in semiconductor quantum wells: the role of disorder,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 81(12), 2586–2589 (1998). [CrossRef]
T. C. Damen, L. Via, J. E. Cunningham, J. Shah, and L. J. Sham, “Subpicosecond spin relaxation dynamics of excitons and free carriers in GaAs quantum wells,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 67(24), 3432–3435 (1991). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Phys. Today

S. E. Harris, “Electromagnetically induced transparency,” Phys. Today 50(7), 36–42 (1997). [CrossRef]

Science

M. S. Bigelow, N. N. Lepeshkin, and R. W. Boyd, “Superluminal and slow light propagation in a room-temperature solid,” Science 301(5630), 200–202 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Other

R. W. Boyd, Nonlinear Optics (Academic Press, New York, 2003).
A. Yariv, Quantum Electronics (John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1989).

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[1] R. S. Tucker, P. C. Ku, and C. J. Chang-Hasnain, “Delay-bandwidth product and storage density in slow-light optical buffers,” Electron. Lett. 41(4), 208–209 (2005). [CrossRef]

[2] B. S. Ham, “Investigation of quantum coherence excitation and coherence transfer in an inhomogeneously broadened rare-earth doped solid,” Opt. Express 16(8), 5350–5361 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[3] L. V. Hau, S. E. Harris, Z. Dutton, and C. H. Behroozi, “Light speed reduction to 17 metres per second in an ultracold atomic gas,” Nature 397(6720), 594–598 (1999). [CrossRef]

[4] M. S. Bigelow, N. N. Lepeshkin, and R. W. Boyd, “Superluminal and slow light propagation in a room-temperature solid,” Science 301(5630), 200–202 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[5] Y. Okawachi, M. S. Bigelow, J. E. Sharping, Z. Zhu, A. Schweinsberg, D. J. Gauthier, R. W. Boyd, and A. L. Gaeta, “Tunable all-optical delays via Brillouin slow light in an optical fiber,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 94(15), 153902 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[6] J. E. Sharping, Y. Okawachi, and A. L. Gaeta, “Wide bandwidth slow light using a Raman fiber amplifier,” Opt. Express 13(16), 6092–6098 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[7] P. C. Ku, F. Sedgwick, C. J. Chang-Hasnain, P. Palinginis, T. Li, H. Wang, S. W. Chang, and S. L. Chuang, “Slow light in semiconductor quantum wells,” Opt. Lett. 29(19), 2291–2293 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[8] S. E. Harris, “Electromagnetically induced transparency,” Phys. Today 50(7), 36–42 (1997). [CrossRef]

[9] M. C. Phillips and H. Wang, “Spin coherence and electromagnetically induced transparency via exciton correlations,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 89(18), 186401 (2002). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[10] M. C. Phillips and H. Wang, “Exciton spin coherence and electromagnetically induced transparency in the transient optical response of GaAs quantum wells,” Phys. Rev. B 69(11), 115337 (2004). [CrossRef]

[11] M. C. Phillips, H. Wang, I. Rumyantsev, N. H. Kwong, R. Takayama, and R. Binder, “Electromagnetically induced transparency in semiconductors via biexciton coherence,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 91(18), 183602 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[12] R. Binder and M. Lindberg, “Ultrafast adiabatic population transfer in p-doped semiconductor quantum wells,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 81(7), 1477–1480 (1998). [CrossRef]

[13] R. A. Ganeev, A. I. Ryasnyanskiy, and T. Usmanov, “Optical and nonlinear optical characteristics of the Ge and GaAs nanoparticle suspensions prepared by laser ablation,” Opt. Commun. 272(1), 242–246 (2007). [CrossRef]

[14] K. Bott, O. Heller, D. Bennhardt, S. T. Cundiff, P. Thomas, E. J. Mayer, G. O. Smith, R. Eccleston, J. Kuhl, and K. Poog, “Influence of exciton-exciton interactions on the coherent optical response in GaAs quantum wells,” Phys. Rev. B 48(23), 17418–17426 (1993). [CrossRef]

[15] R. A. Taylor, C. W. W. Bradley, N. Mayhew, T. N. Thomas, and J. F. Ryan, “Femtosecond hole burning measurements in semiconductors,” J. Lumin. 53(1-6), 321–326 (1992). [CrossRef]

[16] N. H. Kwong, I. Rumyantsev, R. Binder, and A. L. Smirl, “Relation between phenomenological few-level models and microscopic theories of the nonlinear optical response of semiconductor quantum wells,” Phys. Rev. B 72, 235312 (2005). [CrossRef]

[17] R. W. Boyd, Nonlinear Optics (Academic Press, New York, 2003).

[18] A. Yariv, Quantum Electronics (John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1989).

[19] H. Nickolaus, H.-J. Wünsche, and F. Henneberger, “Exciton spin relaxation in semiconductor quantum wells: the role of disorder,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 81(12), 2586–2589 (1998). [CrossRef]

[20] T. C. Damen, L. Via, J. E. Cunningham, J. Shah, and L. J. Sham, “Subpicosecond spin relaxation dynamics of excitons and free carriers in GaAs quantum wells,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 67(24), 3432–3435 (1991). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[21] B. S. Ham, “Observations of delayed all-optical routing in a slow-light regime,” Phys. Rev. A 78(1), 011808 (2008); For a nonslow light regime, see B. S. Ham, “Potential applications of dark resonance to subpicosecond optical switches in hyper-terahertz repetition rate,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 78(22), 3382–3384 (2001) [CrossRef]

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