Quantum heat engine power can be increased by noise-induced coherence

MO Scully, KR Chapin, KE Dorfman, MB Kim… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - pnas.org
Laser and photocell quantum heat engines (QHEs) are powered by thermal light and
governed by the laws of quantum thermodynamics. To appreciate the deep connection …

Classical analogy of Fano resonances

YS Joe, AM Satanin, CS Kim - Physica Scripta, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
We present an analogy of Fano resonances in quantum interference to classical resonances
in the harmonic oscillator system. It has a manifestation as a coupled behaviour of two …

Laser-induced quantum coherence in a semiconductor quantum well

GB Serapiglia, E Paspalakis, C Sirtori, KL Vodopyanov… - Physical review …, 2000 - APS
The phenomenon of electromagnetically induced quantum coherence is demonstrated
between three confined electron subband levels in a quantum well which are almost equally …

Controllable optical bistability in a four-subband semiconductor quantum well system

JH Li - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials …, 2007 - APS
We study optical bistability (OB) behavior based on intersubband transitions in asymmetric
double quantum wells (QWs) where tunneling-induced quantum inference can be observed …

Giant Kerr nonlinearity, controlled entangled photons and polarization phase gates in coupled quantum-well structures

C Zhu, G Huang - Optics Express, 2011 - opg.optica.org
We study linear and nonlinear propagations of probe and signal pulses in a multiple
quantum-well structure with a four-level, double Λ-type configuration. We show that slow …

ac Stark splitting and quantum interference with intersubband transitions in quantum wells

JF Dynes, MD Frogley, M Beck, J Faist, CC Phillips - Physical review letters, 2005 - APS
Resonant optical coupling experiments have demonstrated coherent quantum interference
between the Stark-split “dressed states” of a synthesized 3-level electronic system in a …

Ultraslow bright and dark solitons in semiconductor quantum wells

WX Yang, JM Hou, RK Lee - Physical Review A—Atomic, Molecular, and …, 2008 - APS
We study the low-intensity light pulse propagation through an asymmetric double quantum
well via Fano-type interference based on intersubband transitions. The propagation of the …

Optical bistability in a three-level semiconductor quantum-well system

A Joshi, M **ao - Applied Physics B, 2004 - Springer
Optical bistable behavior in a unidirectional ring cavity (or a Fabry–Pérot cavity) containing a
semiconductor quantum well, described as a three-level ladder-type system with similar …

Electromagnetically induced left-handedness in a dense gas of three-level atoms

MÖ Oktel, ÖE Müstecaplıoğlu - Physical Review A—Atomic, Molecular, and …, 2004 - APS
We discuss how a three-level system can be used to change the frequency-dependent
magnetic permeability of an atomic gas to be significantly different from 1. We derive the …

Enhancing Kerr nonlinearity in an asymmetric double quantum well via Fano interference

H Sun, S Gong, Y Niu, S **, R Li, Z Xu - Physical Review B—Condensed …, 2006 - APS
We investigate the enhancement of Kerr nonlinearity in an asymmetric GaAs double
quantum well via Fano interference, which is caused by tunneling from the excited subband …