159 research outputs found

    Spectral engineering with multiple quantum well structures

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    It is shown that it is possible to significantly modify optical spectra of Bragg multiple quantum well structures by introducing wells with different exciton energies. The reflection spectrum of the resulting structures is characterized by high contrast and tuning possibilities

    Statistics of transmission in one-dimensional disordered systems: universal characteristics of states in the fluctuation tails

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    We numerically study the distribution function of the conductance (transmission) in the one-dimensional tight-binding Anderson and periodic-on-average superlattice models in the region of fluctuation states where single parameter scaling is not valid. We show that the scaling properties of the distribution function depend upon the relation between the system's length LL and the length lsl_s determined by the integral density of states. For long enough systems, L≫lsL \gg l_s, the distribution can still be described within a new scaling approach based upon the ratio of the localization length llocl_{loc} and lsl_s. In an intermediate interval of the system's length LL, lloc≪L≪lsl_{loc}\ll L\ll l_s, the variance of the Lyapunov exponent does not follow the predictions of the central limit theorem and this scaling becomes invalid.Comment: 22 pages, 12 eps figure

    Scaling Properties of 1D Anderson Model with Correlated Diagonal Disorder

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    Statistical and scaling properties of the Lyapunov exponent for a tight-binding model with the diagonal disorder described by a dichotomic process are considered near the band edge. The effect of correlations on scaling properties is discussed. It is shown that correlations lead to an additional parameter governing the validity of single parameter scaling.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, RevTe

    Defect-Induced Resonant Tunneling of Electromagnetic Waves Through a Polariton Gap

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    We consider tunneling of electromagnetic waves through a polariton band gap of a 1-D chain of atoms. We analytically demonstrate that a defect embedded in the structure gives rise to the resonance transmission at the frequency of a local polariton state associated with the defect.Comment: 5 pages, RevTe

    Statistical properties of one-dimensional random lasers

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    Statistical properties of a laser based on a one-dimensional disordered superlattice open at one side are studied numerically. The passive normal modes of the system are determined using the Feshbach projection technique. It is found that the mode competition due to the spacial hole burning leads to a saturation of the number of lasing modes with increasing pump rate. It is also responsible for nonmonotonic dependence of intensities of lasing modes as functions of pumping. Computed distributions of spectral spacing and intensity statistics are in qualitative agreement with experimental results.Comment: 4 pages (v2: minor corrections, published version
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