Modulation of the second-order nonlinear tensor components in multiple-quantum-well structures

Abstract

In this paper, we present experimental results which demonstrate that quantum-well intermixing techniques can be used to modulate the magnitude of the second-order nonlinear coefficient /spl chi//sup (2)/. Impurity-free vacancy disordering with SiO/sub 2/ and Ga/sub 2/O/sub 3/ caps was used to modulate the position of the band edge and hence, the magnitude of /spl chi//sub eff//sup (2)/. Using a coupled quantum-well structure we were able to demonstrate modulation of the d/sub 33/ tensor components associated with the asymmetric structure and of the d/sub 14/ component associated with the bulk crystal structure.