Abstract

Intersubband transitions in quantum wells have been actively studied in the past several years both as “testbed” systems for quantum mechanics and for their practical applications. The ability to tailor the structure of these materials to produce systems with desired properties, as well as the very large dipole moments exhibited in the mid and near infrared, leads to a great versatility for such applications as detectors[1], lasers[2] and nonlinear optical materials[3].

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