Laser-Field Induced Ultrafast Optical Responses of e-h Plasmas in Dipole-Radiation-Coupled Double Quantum Dots

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Abstract

By employing quantum-kinetic semiconductor-Bloch equations, we study the ultrafast-optical responses of photo-generated e-h plasmas in electromagnetically-coupled double quantum dots, and demonstrate the physics mechanism involved in laser-controlled nonlinear-optical response of e-h pairs. For a single-dot system, we perform numerical computation for displaying transient dynamics in occupations and quantum coherence of e-h pairs under a laser pulse. For a double-dot system with dipole-radiation coupling, on the other hand, we analyze transient dynamics of both intra-dot and inter-dot depolarization fields. Additionally, we reveal the significance of phase matching between depolarization and laser fields in maximizing stimulated transitions of e-h pairs. Our physics model and numerical-computation method enable designing and developing artificial quantum molecules, including arbitrarily located quantum dots with non-local quantum interactions and entanglement, as well as optically-manipulating electronic states of artificial quantum molecules.

*D.H. would like to acknowledge the financial support from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). X.L. and J.G. acknowledge the support from the Air Force Research Lab Summer Faculty Fellowship Program sponsored by AFOSR and AFSOR DURI program (Grant No. FA9550-18-1-0444). The contribution of J.G. in this material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1903462.

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Presenters

  • Danhong Huang

    • Air Force Research Lab - Kirtland

Authors

  • Danhong Huang

    • Air Force Research Lab - Kirtland
  • Xuejun Lu

    • University of Massachusetts Lowell
  • Jeremy R Gulley

    • Kennesaw State University