Abstract

The coherent coupling between three quantum dots via tunneling fields leads to double tunneling-induced transparency and giant Kerr nonlinearity with vanishing absorption. This creates the possibility to achieve self-phase modulation in semiconductor nanostructures via controllable tunneling under the conditions of low light levels. As a result, a considerably high refractive index can be obtained. We suggest an intracavity medium which consists of triple quantum dot molecules to control the Goos–Hänchen (GH) shifts in the reflected light. For a suitable design of a triple quantum dot system, our results show that relatively large positive and negative GH shifts are achievable, without significant distortion, using partially coherent incident light fields.

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