Resonance propagation of electrons through three-barrier structures in a two-frequency electric field

Abstract

The solution of the Schrodinger equation that describes resonance transitions between three equidistant quantum levels in asymmetric three-barrier resonance-tunnel structures in a high one-frequency electric field is extended to the case of differently separated levels and a two-frequency field, with the frequencies corresponding to resonance transitions in each of the coupled quantum wells. It is shown that, in the conditions of coherent electron transport, irrespective of the parameters of the structure, for any amplitude of the high resonance field in one well, there exists an amplitude of the resonance field in the other well such that the structure is absolutely transparent and most electrons (in the limiting case, all electrons) incident on the upper resonance level can emit two photons with different frequencies and leave the structure through the lower level with no intermediate interaction with phonons. The probability of the transitions substantially depends on the amplitudes of the fields and does not depend on the phase difference between the fields. It is found that the possibility exists of almost complete blocking of resonance transitions in one of the wells by a high-frequency field in the other well.