Linear and nonlinear intersubband optical absorption in symmetric double semi-parabolic quantum wells

Abstract

The linear and the nonlinear intersubband optical absorption in the symmetric double semi-parabolic quantum wells are investigated for typical GaAs / Al x Ga 1 − x As . Energy eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of an electron confined in finite potential double quantum wells are calculated by numerical methods from Schrödinger equation. Optical properties are obtained using the compact density matrix approach. In this work, the effects of the barrier width, the well width and the incident optical intensity on the optical properties of the symmetric double semi-parabolic quantum wells are investigated. Our results show that not only optical incident intensity but also structure parameters such as the barrier and the well width really affect the optical characteristics of these structures.