TY - JOUR
T1 - Resonant modulational instability and self-induced transmission effects in semiconductors
T2 - Maxwell-Bloch formalism
AU - Smyrnov, Oleksii A.
AU - Biancalana, Fabio
PY - 2012/2/15
Y1 - 2012/2/15
N2 - The nonlinear optical properties of semiconductors near an excitonic resonance are investigated theoretically by using the macroscopic J model [Ostreich and Knorr, Phys. Rev. B 48, 17811 (1993); 50, 5717 (1994)] based on the microscopic semiconductor Bloch equations. These nonlinear properties cause modulational instability of long light pulses with large gain and give rise to a self-induced transmission of short light pulses in a semiconductor. By an example of the latter well-studied effect, the validity of the used macroscopic model is demonstrated, and good agreement is found with both existing theoretical and experimental results.
AB - The nonlinear optical properties of semiconductors near an excitonic resonance are investigated theoretically by using the macroscopic J model [Ostreich and Knorr, Phys. Rev. B 48, 17811 (1993); 50, 5717 (1994)] based on the microscopic semiconductor Bloch equations. These nonlinear properties cause modulational instability of long light pulses with large gain and give rise to a self-induced transmission of short light pulses in a semiconductor. By an example of the latter well-studied effect, the validity of the used macroscopic model is demonstrated, and good agreement is found with both existing theoretical and experimental results.
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.075201
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.075201
M3 - Article
SN - 1098-0121
VL - 85
JO - Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
JF - Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
IS - 7
M1 - 075201
ER -