Open AccessHighly efficient vortex four-wave mixing in asymmetric semiconductor quantum wells
Author(s) -
Jing Qiu,
Zhiping Wang,
Dong-Sheng Ding,
Weibin Li,
Benli Yu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.379245
Subject(s) - physics , four wave mixing , optical vortex , field (mathematics) , optics , mixing (physics) , vortex , wavefront , quantum channel , phase conjugation , quantum information , electromagnetically induced transparency , angular momentum , quantum optics , nonlinear optics , quantum , quantum mechanics , laser , mathematics , pure mathematics , thermodynamics
Orbital angular momentum (OAM) is an important property of vortex light, which provides a valuable tool to manipulate the light-matter interaction in the study of classical and quantum optics. Here we propose a scheme to generate vortex light fields via four-wave mixing (FWM) in asymmetric semiconductor quantum wells. By tailoring the probe-field and control-field detunings, we can effectively manipulate the helical phase and intensity of the FWM field. Particularly, when probe field and control field have identical detuning, we find that both the absorption and phase twist of the generated FWM field are significantly suppressed. Consequently, the highly efficient vortex FWM is realized, where the maximum conversion efficiency reaches around 50%. Our study provides a tool to transfer vortex wavefronts from input to output fields in an efficient way, which may find potential applications in solid-state quantum optics and quantum information processing.