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Giant Kerr nonlinearity in an n-doped semiconductor quantum well

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A scheme for enhancement of Kerr nonlinearity with vanishing linear and nonlinear absorption in a three-level ladder-configuration n-doped semiconductor quantum well is proposed. It is shown that the Kerr nonlinearity can be controlled and even enhance by the intensity of coupling fields. Also, phase control of Kerr nonlinearity is then discussed.

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  1. Young Researchers Club, Bandar-e Anzali Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bandar-e Anzali, Iran

    Seyyed Hossein Asadpour

  2. Research Institute for Applied Physics and Astronomy, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

    Hamid Reza Hamedi

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Asadpour, S.H., Hamedi, H.R. Giant Kerr nonlinearity in an n-doped semiconductor quantum well. Opt Quant Electron 45, 11–20 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-012-9598-4

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