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THz Electro-optic Wavelength Conversion in GaAs Quantum Wells, Record Efficiency and Room Temperature Operation

S. G. Carter, V. Ciulin, and M. S. Sherwin

Applied Physics Letters   (preprint 2003)  

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Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystals Fabricated by Deep Reactive Ion Etching in Si

N. Jukam and M. Sherwin

Applied Physics Letters  83, 21 (2003)

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Strong-field Terahertz-optical Mixing in Excitons

M. Y. Su, S. Carter, M. S. Sherwin, A. Huntington, and L. A. Coldren

Physical Review B  67, 125307-1 (2003)

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Nonlinear Dynamics in Far-Infrared-Driven Quantum Wells

A. Batista, P. I. Tamborenea, B. Birnir, M. S. Sherwin, and D. S. Citrin

Physical Review B  66, 195325-1 (2002)

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Photothermal Transitions of Magneto-excitons in Quantum Wells

J. Cerne, J. Kono, M. Su, and M. S. Sherwin

Physical Review B 66, 205301-1 (2002)

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Voltage-controlled Wavelength Conversion by Terahertz-Electro-optic Modulation in Double Quantum Wells

M. Y. Su, S. Carter, M. S. Sherwin, A. Huntington, and L. A. Coldren

Applied Physics Letters  81, 1564 (2002)

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Detection of Terahertz Light with Intersubband Transitions in Semiconductor Quantum Wells

C. Cates, G. B. Serapiglia, Y. Dora, J. Heyman, J. B. Williams, and M. S. Sherwin

Proceedings of Far-IR Sub-mm and mm Detector Technology Workshop (April 2002)

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Tunable Antenna-coupled Intersubband Terahertz (TACIT) Mixers:  The Quantum Limit Without the Quantum Liquid

M. S. Sherwin, C. Cates, B. Serapiglia, Y. Dora, J. B. Williams, K. Maranowski, A. C. Gossard, W. R. McGrath

Proceedings of Far-IR Sub-mm and mm Detector Technology Workshop (April 2002)

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Reversible Quantum Dynamics of Impurity-Bound Electrons in GaAs

B. E. Cole, J. B. Williams, M. S. Sherwin, and C. R. Stanley

Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, Eds. N. Miura and T. Ando, Springer Verlag, 174 (2001)

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Dissipation of Intersubband Plasmons in Wide Quantum Wells

J. B. Williams, M. S. Sherwin, K. D. Maranowski, and A. C. Gossard

Physical Review Letters  87, 037401 (2001)

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Terahertz-frequency Intraband Absorption in Semiconductor Quantum Dot Molecules

 P. Boucaud, K. S. Gill, J. B. Williams, M. S. Sherwin, W. V. Schoenfeld, and P. M. Petroff

Physica status solidi b 224, 443 (2001)

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Coherent Manipulation of Semiconductor Quantum Bits with Terahertz Radiation

 B. E. Cole, J. B. Williams, B. T. King, M. S. Sherwin, and C. R. Stanley

Nature 410, 60 (2001)

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Terahertz-Frequency Electronic Coupling in Vertically Coupled Quantum Dots

P. Boucaud, J. B. Williams, K. S. Gill, M. S. Sherwin, W. V. Schoenfeld, and P. M. Petroff

Applied Physics Letters 77, 4356 (2000)

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Subharmonic Generation in a Driven Asymmetric Quantum Well

A. A. Batista, B. Birnir, and M. S. Sherwin

Physical Review B 61, 15108 (2000)

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Linewidth and Dephasing of THz-Frequency Collective Intersubband Transitions in a GaAs/AlGaAs Quantum Well

 J. B. Williams, M. S. Sherwin, K. D. Maranowski, C. Kadow, and A. C. Gossard

Physica E­ 7, 204 (2000)

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Saturation of THz-frequency Intraband Absorption in Semiconductor Quantum Dot Molecules

P. Boucaud, K. S. Gill, J. B. Williams, M. S. Sherwin, W. V. Schoenfeld, and P. M. Petroff

Applied Physics Letters 77, 510 (2000)

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Time-resolved Photoresponse of a Gallium-doped Germanium Photoconductor Using a Variable Pulse-width Terahertz Source

 F. A. Hegmann, J. B. Williams, B. Cole, and M. S. Sherwin

 Applied Physics Letters 76, 262 (2000)

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Generation of First-order Terahertz Optical Sidebands in Asymmetric Coupled Quantum Wells

C. Phillips, M. Su, M. Sherwin, J. Ko, and L. Coldren

Applied Physics Letters 75, 2728 (1999)

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Odd Terahertz Optical Sidebands from Asymmetric Excitonic Intersubband Excitation

 M. Su, C. Phillips, J. Ko, L. Coldren, and M. S. Sherwin

Physica B 272, 438 (1999)

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Quantum Information Processing Using Quantum Dot Spins and Cavity-QED

A. Imamoglu, D. D. Awschalom, G. Burkard,  D. P. DiVincenzo, D. Loss, M. Sherwin, and A. Small

Physical Review Letters 83, 4204 (1999)

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Quantum Computation with Quantum Dots and Terahertz Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics

 M. S. Sherwin, A. Imamoglu, and T. Montroy

Physical Review A 60, 3508 (1999)

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Characterization of Photoconducting Materials Using Variable Length Picosecond Terahertz Pulses

B. Cole, F. Hegmann, J. Williams, M. Sherwin, J. Beeman, and E. Haller, Terahertz Spectroscopy and Applications, EOS/SPIE Int. Symposium on Industrial Lasers and Inspection, 14-18 June 1999, Munich, Germany,

Proceedings SPIE 3617, 164, 1999

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Resonant Generation of Terahertz Optical Sidebands from Confined Magnetoexcitons

 J. Kono, M. Y. Su, J. Cerne, M. S. Sherwin, S. J. Allen, T. Inoshita, T. Noda, and H. Sakaki

 Nucl. Instrum. Methods, Phys. Res. B, Beam Interact. Mater. 144, 115 (1998)

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Quantum Well Based Tunable Antenna-Coupled Intersubband Terahertz (TACIT) Detectors at 1.8-2.4 THz

C. Cates, J. B. Williams, M. S. Sherwin, K. D. Maranowski, and A. C. Gossard

Proceedings of the SPIE  3617, 58, 1999

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Terahertz Dynamics in Confined Magnetoexcitons

J. Kono, M. Y. Su, J. Cerne, M. S. Sherwin, S. J. Allen, T. Inoshita, T. Noda, and H. Sakaki

Physica B 251, 527 (1998)

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A Non-Bolometric Model for a Tunable Antenna-Coupled Intersubband Terahertz (TACIT) Detector

C. L. Cates, G. Briceno, M. S. Sherwin, K. D. Maranowski, and A. C. Gossard

Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Space THz Technology, p. 597 (1998)

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A Concept for a Tunable Antenna-Coupled Intersubband Terahertz (TACIT) Detector

C. L. Cates, G. Briceno, M. S. Sherwin, K. D. Maranowski, K. Campman, and A. C. Gossard

8th International Conference on Modulated Semiconductor Structures (MSS8), Elsevier (July 1998)

Physica E 2, 463 (1998)

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Intersubband Scattering of Cold Electrons in a Coupled Quantum Well with Subband Spacing below hwLO

J. N. Heyman, J. Barnhorst, K. Unterrainer, J. Williams, M. S. Sherwin, K. Campman, and A. C. Gossard

8th International Conference on Modulated Semiconductor Structures (MSS8), Elsevier (July 1998)

Physica E 2, 195 (1998)

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Measurements of Far-Infrared Intersubband Absorption Linewidths in GaAs/AlGaAs Quantum Wells as a Function of Temperature and Charge Density

J. B. Williams, K. Craig, M. S. Sherwin, K. Campman, and A. C. Gossard

8th International Conference on Modulated Semiconductor Structures (MSS8), Elsevier (July 1998)

Physica E 2, 177 (1998)

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Terahertz Linear and Nonlinear Dynamics in Confined Magnetoexcitons

J. Kono, M. Y. Su, K. B. Nordstrom, J. Cerne, M. S. Sherwin, S. J. Allen, T. Inoshita, T. Noda, H. Sakaki, G.E.W. Bauer, M. Sundaram, and A. C. Gossard

Physica status solidi a 164, 567 (1997)

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Resonant Terahertz Optical Sideband Generation from Confined Magnetoexcitons

J. Kono, M. Y. Su, T. Inoshita, T. Noda, M. S. Sherwin, S. J. Allen, and H. Sakaki

Physical Review Letters 79, 1758 (1997)

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Near-Infrared Sideband Generation Induced by Intense Far-Infrared Radiation in GaAs Quantum Wells

J. Cerne, J. Kono, T. Inoshita, M.S. Sherwin, M. Sundaram, and A. C. Gossard

Applied Physics Letters 70, 3543 (1997)

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Nonlinear Resonant Optical Rectification in a Coupled Quantum Well

K. Unterrainer, J. N. Heyman, K. Craig, B. Galdrikian, M. S. Sherwin, H. Drexler, K. Campman, P. F. Hopkins, and A. C. Gossard

Surface Science 361/362, 401 (1996)

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Intersubband Dynamics of Asymmetric Quantum Wells Studied by THz Optical Rectification

 K. Unterrainer, J. N. Heyman, K. Craig, B. Galdrikian, M. S. Sherwin, et al.

 Semiconductor Science and Technology 11, 1591 (1996)

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Terahertz Dynamics of Excitons in GaAs/AlGaAs Quantum Wells

 J. Cerne, J. Kono, M. S. Sherwin, M. Sundaram, A. C. Gossard, and G. E. W. Bauer

Physical Review Letters 77, 1131 (1996)

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Far-Infrared Pump-Probe Measurements of the Intersubband Lifetime in an AlGaAs/GaAs Coupled-Quantum Well

 J. N. Heyman, K. Unterrainer, K. Craig, J. Williams, M. S. Sherwin, K. Campman, P. F. Hopkins, A. C. Gossard, B. N. Murdin and C.J.G.M. Langerak

Applied Physics Letters 68, 3019 (1996)

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 Temperature of Quasi-Two-Dimensional Electron Gases Under Steady-State Terahertz Drive

N. G. Asmar, J. Cerne, A. G. Markelz, E. G. Gwinn, M. S. Sherwin, K. L. Campman, A. C. Gossard

Applied Physics Letters 68, 829 (1996)

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Generation of Picosecond Far-Infrared Pulses Using Laser-Activated Semiconductor Reflection Switches

F. A. Hegmann, M. S. Sherwin

Proceedings of the SPIE, International Conference on Millimeter and Submillimeter Waves and Applications III  2842 (1996).

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Nonlinear Multiphoton Resonances in Periodically Driven Quantum Wells

 B. Galdrikian, B. Birnir and M. S. Sherwin

Physical Letters A 203, 319 (1996)

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Undressing a Collective Intersubband Excitation in a  Quantum Well

K. Craig, B. Galdrikian, J. N. Heyman, A. G. Markelz, J. B. Williams, M. S. Sherwin, K. Campman,  P. F. Hopkins and A. C. Gossard

 Physical Review Letters 76, 2382 (1996)

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Quenching of Excitonic Quantum-Well Photoluminescence by Intense Far-Infrared Radiation:  Free-Carrier Heating

J. Cerne, A. G. Markelz, M. S. Sherwin, S. J. Allen, M. Sundaram, A. C. Gossard, P. van Son and D. Bimberg

Physical Review B 51, 5253 (1995)

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Optical Rectification as a Probe of Quantum Dynamics in a Heterostructure

 K. Unterrainer, J. N. Heyman, K. Craig, B. Galdrikian, M. S. Sherwin, K. Campman, P. F. Hopkins and A. C. Gossard

Superlattices and Microstructures 17, 159 (1995)

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Temperature- and Intensity-Dependence of Intersubband Relaxation Rates from Optical Rectification

J. N. Heyman, K. Unterrainer, K. Craig,  B. Galdrikian, M. S. Sherwin, K. Campman,  P. F. Hopkins, and A. C. Gossard

Physical Review Letters 74, 2682 (1995)

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Nonlinear Quantum Dynamics in Semiconductor Quantum Wells

 M. S. Sherwin, K. Craig, B. Galdrikian, J. Heyman, A. Markelz, K. Campman, S. Fafard, P. F. Hopkins, and A. C. Gossard

Physica D 83, 229 (1995)

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Resonant Energy Relaxation of Terahertz-Driven Two-Dimensional Electron Gases

N. G. Asmar, A. G. Markelz, E. G. Gwinn, J. Cerne, M. S. Sherwin, K. L. Campman, P. F. Hopkins and A. C. Gossard

Physical Review B 51, 18041 (1995)

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Solid-State "Atoms" in Intense Oscillating Fields

M. S. Sherwin

in Quantum Chaos, edited by B. V. Chirikov and G. Casati, Cambridge University Press, 209 (1994)

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Impulse Response of Switching NbSe3

J. Levy and M. Sherwin

Solid State Communications 89, 175 (1994)

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Self-Consistent Floquet States for Periodically-Driven Quantum Wells

 B. Galdrikian, M. Sherwin and B. Birnir

Physical Review B 49, 13744 (1994)

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Resonant Harmonic Generation and Dynamic Screening in a Double Quantum Well

J. N. Heyman, K. Craig, B. Galdrikian, M. S. Sherwin, K. Campman, P. F. Hopkins, S. Fafard, and A. C. Gossard

Physical Review Letters 72, 2183 (1994)

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Time-Domain Study of Low-Dimensional Chaos in the Switching Charge-Density-Wave Conductor NbSe3

J. Levy, M. S. Sherwin and J. Theiler

Physical Review Letters 70, 2597 (1993)

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Far-Infrared Second-Harmonic Generation in GaAs/AlGaAs Heterostructures:  Perturbative and Nonperturbative Response

W. W. Bewley, C. L. Felix, J. J. Plombon, M. S. Sherwin, M. Sundaram, P. F. Hopkins and A. C. Gossard

Physical Review B 48, 2376 (1993)

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Nonperturbative Resonances in Periodically-Driven Quantum Wells

B. Birnir, B. Galdrikian, R. Grauer and M. S. Sherwin

Physical Review B 47, 6795 (1993)

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Low-Dimensional Chaos and High-Dimensional Behavior in the Switching Charge-Density-Wave Conductor NbSe3

J. Levy, M. S. Sherwin and J. Theiler

Physical Review B 48, 7857 (1993)

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Impulse Response of the Switching Charge-Density-Wave Conductor NbSe3:  A Delayed Transition

J. Levy and M. S. Sherwin

Physical Review B 48, 12223 (1993)

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Nonlinear Dynamics of a Breakable Chain at Threshold

K. Wiesenfeld and M. S. Sherwin

Physical Review A 45, 3467 (1992)

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Photoluminescence from AlxGa1-xAs Quantum Wells Quenched by Intense Far-Infrared Radiation

S. M. Quinlan, A. Nikroo, M. S. Sherwin,  M. Sundaram, and A. C. Gossard

Physical Review B 45, 9428 (1992)

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Unified Model of Switching and Nonswitching Charge-Density-Wave Dynamics

 J. Levy, M. S. Sherwin, F. F. Abraham and K. Wiesenfeld

Physical Review Letters 68, 2968 (1992)

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Far-Infrared Capture of Electrons by DX Centers

J. J. Plombon, C. L. Felix, W. W. Bewley,  M. S. Sherwin, P. F. Hopkins, M. Sundaram and A. C. Gossard

Applied Physics Letters 60, 1972 (1992)

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Conduction Delays in NbSe3:  Sensitive Dependence on the Initial Configuration

 J. Levy and M. S. Sherwin

Physical Review B 43, 8391 (1991)

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Effect of Random Noise on a Mode-Locked System

M. F. Crommie, K. Craig, M. S. Sherwin, and A. Zettl

Physical Review B 43, 13699 (1991)

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Poincaré Sections of Charge-Density-Wave Dynamics

J. Levy and M. S. Sherwin

Physical Review Letters 67, 2846 (1991)

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c-Axis Stress-Dependence of Normal and Superconducting State Properties of Yba2Cu3O7

 M. F. Crommie, A. Y. Liu, A. Zettl, M. L. Cohen, P. Parilla, M. F. Hundley, W. N. Creagor, S. Hoen and M. S. Sherwin

Physical Review B 39, 4231 (1989)

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A Novel Switching Phenomenon in Quenched NbSe3

K. Svoboda, A. Zettl and M. S. Sherwin

Solid State Communications 70, 859 (1989)

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Temperature-dependent Far-infrared Reflectance of La-Dr-Cu-O and La-Ca-Cu-O: Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer Electrodynamics but Uncertain Energy Gap

 M. S. Sherwin, P. L. Richards and A. Zettl

Physical Review B 37, 1587 (1988)

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Switching and Charge Density Wave Transport III: Dynamical Instabilities

M. S. Sherwin, R. P. Hall and A. Zettl

Physical Review B 38, 13028 (1988)

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Energy Gap in the High-Tc Superconductor La1.85S0.15CuO4

U. Walter, M. S. Sherwin, A. Stacy, P. L. Richards and A. Zettl

Physical Review B 35, 5327 (1987)

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Complete Excitation Spectrum for a Charge Density Wave System

M. S. Sherwin, A. Zettl and P. L. Richards

Physical Review B 36, 6708 (1987)

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Elastic Properties of Charge Density Wave Conductors: AC-DC Coupling

L. C. Bourne, M. S. Sherwin and A. Zettl

Physical Review Letters 56, 1952 (1986)

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Model of Charge Density Wave Elasticity

 M. S. Sherwin and A. Zettl

Physica D 23, 62 (1986)

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Complete Charge Density Wave Mode-Locking and Freeze-Out of Fluctuations in NbSe3

M. S. Sherwin and A. Zettl

Physical Review B 32, 5536 (1985)

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Chaotic Response of NbSE3: Evidence for a New Charge-Density-Wave Phase

R. P. Hall, M. S. Sherwin, and A. Zettl

Physical Review B 29, 7076 (1984)

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Negative Differential Resistance and Instability in NbSe3

 R. P. Hall, M. S. Sherwin, and A. Zettl

Physical Review Letters 52, 2293 (1984)

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Chaotic AC Conductivity I the Charge Density Wave State of (TaSe­4)2I

M. Sherwin, R. Hall, and A. Zettl

Physical Review Letters 53, 1387 (1984)

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