Ultrafast Electro-Optic Modulation in CdSe/CdS Quantum Dots by intense THz Pulses
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2021
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Within the last decades, electro-optic (EO) modulators based on the quantum confined Stark effect (QCSE) in quantum well structures came to prominence for high-speed optical networks. When an external electric field is applied to such a quantum structure, it bends the energy levels and shifts the absorption edge to smaller energies. In addition, the overlap between electron and hole wave functions decreases, which diminishes the amount of absorption [1] . This technique is ultimately limited to the time scale necessary to change the electric field on the attached electrodes. Moreover, largest modulation of the energy levels can be achieved for structures with a strong confinement and large excition binding energies. Hence, low dimensional materials like quantum dots (QDs) in combination with intense THz pulses which provide the electric field driver, are promising candidates for sub-picosecond all-optical switching of optical absorption. Pioneering work has been performed by Pein and co-workers [2] wherein they report on a THz-field induced QCSE in CdSe/CdS colloidal QDs. However, due to difficulties to generate THz radiation with the electric field in the MV/cm range, necessary to alter the optical transmission, THz field enhancing structures have been employed.
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2021 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC)
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9542308
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IEEE
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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2021)