INTERBAND 2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION IN ZN1-XCDXSE/ZNSE STRAINED QUANTUM-WELLS

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作者
PELLEGRINI, V
PARLANGELI, A
BORGER, M
ATANASOV, RD
BELTRAM, F
VANZETTI, L
FRANCIOSI, A
机构
[1] IST NAZL FIS MAT, TECNOL AVANZATE SUPERFICI & CATALISI LAB, I-34012 TRIESTE, ITALY
[2] UNIV MINNESOTA, DEPT CHEM ENGN & MAT SCI, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55455 USA
[3] UNIV TRIESTE, DEPT PHYS, I-34127 TRIESTE, ITALY
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10.1103/PhysRevB.52.R5527
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T [工业技术];
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We report continuous-wave interband second-harmonic generation (SHG) at 460-480 nm in strained Zn1-xCdxSe/ZnSe asymmetric quantum wells grown by molecular-beam epitaxy. The dependence of the SHG intensity on the fundamental frequency allowed us to identify the individual quantum-well exciton resonances in the second-harmonic signal. The strongest SHG was found to be associated with light-hole exciton transitions. Numerical calculations of the SHG intensity that take into account exciton and continuum states yielded predictions in remarkable agreement with experiment.
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