Quantum Interference Control of Photocurrents in Semiconductors by Nonlinear Optical Absorption Processes

Phys Rev Lett. 2019 Aug 9;123(6):067402. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.067402.

Abstract

We report experiments demonstrating quantum interference control based on two nonlinear optical absorption processes in semiconductors. We use two optical beams of frequencies ω and 3ω/2 incident on AlGaAs, and measure the injection current due to the interference between 2- and 3-photon absorption processes. We analyze the dependence of the injection current on the intensities and phases of the incident fields.