Abstract

We predict a hysteretic three-photon cyclotron resonance in narrow-gap semiconductors driven by two laser beams with their frequency difference near the cyclotron frequency. This effect is based on the Doppler and Lorentz nonlinear mechanisms and the nonparabolicity of the conduction band. A CO₂ laser intensity of 10⁵–10⁶ W/cm² at 10.6 and 9.4 μm is required for observation of the effect at 83.03 μm in InSb, GaAs, or HgTe.

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