Nonlinear theory of the narrow-band generation and detection of terahertz radiation in resonant tunneling heterostructures

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Title: Nonlinear theory of the narrow-band generation and detection of terahertz radiation in resonant tunneling heterostructures

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The nonlinear regime of high-frequency response for resonant tunneling structures in a time-periodic electric field has been investigated using a technique for solving the time-dependent Schrödinger equation based on a Floquet mode expansion of the wave functions. The dependences of current harmonic amplitudes on ac signal amplitude have been calculated and the limiting values of the generated field have been determined for singleand double-well resonant tunneling structures. The dynamic Stark effect is shown to play an important role in the formation of response. It leads to a quadratic (in ac field amplitude) shift in the positions of resonances E{sub r} in single-well structures and in double-well ones in the nonresonant case and to a splitting at resonance hν ≈ E{sub r2}–E{sub r1} (ν is the signal frequency, E{sub r1} and E{sub r2} are the energies of the size-quantization levels) in double-well structures proportional to the ac signal amplitude. The phenomenon of ac signal detection by resonant tunneling structures has been investigated. The effect of resonant direct-current amplification in double-well structures has been detected at a signal frequency satisfying the condition hν ≈ E{sub r2}–E{sub r1}. In asymmetric systems, detection is shown to be possible in the absence of a dcmore »« less

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Kapaev, V. V., E-mail: kapaev@lebedev.ru ^[1]

Russian Academy of Sciences, Lebedev Physical Institute (Russian Federation)

Publication Date:: Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015

OSTI Identifier:: 22472122

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 121; Journal Issue: 2; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2015 Pleiades Publishing, Inc.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1063-7761

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; AMPLIFICATION; AMPLITUDES; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIMITING VALUES; QUANTIZATION; SCHROEDINGER EQUATION; STARK EFFECT; TIME DEPENDENCE; TUNNEL EFFECT; WAVE FUNCTIONS

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                    Kapaev, V. V., E-mail: kapaev@lebedev.ru. Nonlinear theory of the narrow-band generation and detection of terahertz radiation in resonant tunneling heterostructures.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
        Web.  doi:10.1134/S1063776115090150.

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                    Kapaev, V. V., E-mail: kapaev@lebedev.ru. Nonlinear theory of the narrow-band generation and detection of terahertz radiation in resonant tunneling heterostructures.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063776115090150

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                    Kapaev, V. V., E-mail: kapaev@lebedev.ru. 2015.  
        "Nonlinear theory of the narrow-band generation and detection of terahertz radiation in resonant tunneling heterostructures".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063776115090150.

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@article{osti_22472122,

  title        = {Nonlinear theory of the narrow-band generation and detection of terahertz radiation in resonant tunneling heterostructures},

  author       = {Kapaev, V. V., E-mail: kapaev@lebedev.ru},

  abstractNote = {The nonlinear regime of high-frequency response for resonant tunneling structures in a time-periodic electric field has been investigated using a technique for solving the time-dependent Schrödinger equation based on a Floquet mode expansion of the wave functions. The dependences of current harmonic amplitudes on ac signal amplitude have been calculated and the limiting values of the generated field have been determined for singleand double-well resonant tunneling structures. The dynamic Stark effect is shown to play an important role in the formation of response. It leads to a quadratic (in ac field amplitude) shift in the positions of resonances E{sub r} in single-well structures and in double-well ones in the nonresonant case and to a splitting at resonance hν ≈ E{sub r2}–E{sub r1} (ν is the signal frequency, E{sub r1} and E{sub r2} are the energies of the size-quantization levels) in double-well structures proportional to the ac signal amplitude. The phenomenon of ac signal detection by resonant tunneling structures has been investigated. The effect of resonant direct-current amplification in double-well structures has been detected at a signal frequency satisfying the condition hν ≈ E{sub r2}–E{sub r1}. In asymmetric systems, detection is shown to be possible in the absence of a dc bias, which allows zero-biased detectors based on them to be created.},

  doi          = {10.1134/S1063776115090150},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22472122},
  journal      = {Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics},

  issn         = {1063-7761},

  number       = 2,

  volume       = 121,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015},

  month        = {Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015}

}

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