A scheme for coupler-free excitation of Surface Plasmon Polaritons (SPPs) based on
tunneling-induced transparency (TIT) is proposed. The system consists of a top layer of …

This paper presents a theoretical investigation of the phase-sensitive modulation instability
of a continuous or quasicontinuous probe beam in an asymmetric coupled quantum well …

A tunable, narrow absorption spectrum induced by resonant tunneling is demonstrated and
proposed for measuring interdot tunneling. Tunneling-induced absorption (TIA) arises from …

The nonlinearity of semiconductor quantum dots under the condition of low light levels has
many important applications. In this study, linear absorption, self-Kerr nonlinearity, fifth-order …

A scheme for giant Kerr nonlinearity via tunneling in triangular triple quantum dot molecules
is proposed. In such a system, the linear absorption and the Kerr nonlinearity depend …

We investigate tunneling induced nonlinear absorption phenomena in a coupled quantum-
dot system. Resonant tunneling causes constructive interference in the nonlinear absorption …

The self-phase modulation and modulation instability of an optical probe electromagnetic
field in multiple quantum well systems under electromagnetically induced transparency has …

Schemes for giant fifth-order nonlinearity via tunneling in both linear and triangular triple
quantum dots are proposed. In both configurations, the real part of the fifth-order nonlinearity …

We present a numerical study of the cubic-quintic nonlinear Schrödinger equation in two
transverse dimensions, relevant for the propagation of light in certain exotic media. A well …

In this communication we have predicted the existence of large fifth order nonlinearity in
triple quantum well structures, that arises due to the interaction of a weak optical probe pulse …