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WOS: 000453499500082, We present a theoretical study on the linear and nonlinear optical properties in AlrGa1-rAs/GaAs asymmetric multiple step quantum wells (AMSQW) under the effects of a non-resonant intense laser field (ILF), electric, and magnetic field. Calculations are for the linear optical absorption and refractive index relative changes combined with the second and third harmonic generation. The potential profile is constructed as a function of the Aluminum concentration, so that the heterostructure has four steps of different concentration, width and height. The energy levels and corresponding wavefunctions are obtained by solving the Schordinger equation, for an electron, in the envelope function approach, with parabolic bands, and the effective mass approximations. The results show that variations in ILF, electric field and magnetic field have significant influences on the magnitude and peak energy positions of the SHG and THG coefficients. Therefore, we can conclude that the effects of ILF, electric and magnetic fields can be used to tune and control the SHG and THG in the range of the terahertz electromagnetic spectrurn., CODI-Universidad de Antioquia (Estrategia de Sostenibilidad de la Universidad de Antioquia); CODI-Universidad de Antioquia (project : "Efectos opticos intersubbanda, no lineales de segundo orden y dispersion Raman, en sistemas asimetricos de pozos cuanticos acoplados"); CODI-Universidad de Antioquia (project: "Efectos de capas delta dopadas en pozos cuanticos como fotodetectores en el infrarrojo"); Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales-Universidad de Antioquia (CAD exclusive dedication project 2018-2019); Universidad EIA; Universidad de Antioquia; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales-Universidad de Antioquia (ALM exclusive dedication project 2018-2019), This research was partially supported by Colombian Agencies: CODI-Universidad de Antioquia (Estrategia de Sostenibilidad de la Universidad de Antioquia and projects: "Efectos opticos intersubbanda, no lineales de segundo orden y dispersion Raman, en sistemas asimetricos de pozos cuanticos acoplados" and "Efectos de capas delta dopadas en pozos cuanticos como fotodetectores en el infrarrojo") and Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales-Universidad de Antioquia (CAD exclusive dedication project 2018-2019 and ALM exclusive dedication project 2018-2019). The authors are grateful to the Universidad EIA and Universidad de Antioquia for its financial support through the EIA-UdeA-UdeM-project "Generacion de segundo armonico, rectificacion optica y dispersion Raman entre estados electronicos en pozos cuanticos acoplados". RLR and JPGP are grateful to Semillero de Investigacion Universidad EIA "Nanoestructuras Semiconductoras".

WOS: 000411546800020, The effects of electric and magnetic fields on the second and third harmonic generation coefficients in a Morse potential quantum well are theoretically studied. The energy levels and corresponding wave functions are obtained by solving the Schrodinger equation for the electron in the parabolic band scheme and effective mass approximations and the envelope function approach. The results show that both the electric and the magnetic fields have significant influence on the magnitudes and resonant peak energy positions of the second and third harmonic generation responses. In general, the Morse potential profile becomes wider and shallower as gamma-parameter increases and so the energies of the bound states will be functions of this parameter. Therefore, we can conclude that the effects of the electric and magnetic fields can be used to tune and control the optical properties of interest in the range of the infrared electromagnetic spectrum. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., CODI-Universidad de Antioquia (Estrategia de Sostenibilidad de la Universidad de Antioquia); Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales-Universidad de Antioquia (CAD); Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales-Universidad de Antioquia (ALM); Universidad EIA; Universidad de Antioquia, This research was partially supported by Colombian Agencies: CODI-Universidad de Antioquia (Estrategia de Sostenibilidad de la Universidad de Antioquia) and Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales-Universidad de Antioquia (CAD and ALM exclusive dedication project 2016-2017). CAD and RLR are grateful to Universidad EIA and Universidad de Antioquia for financial support through the EIA-UdeA-UdeM-projects "Desarrollo de fotodetectores en el infrarrojo usando pozos cuanticos ajustables con dopamiento delta dentro del pozo".

WOS: 000397696300010, In this study, the effects of electric and magnetic fields on the optical rectification and second and third harmonic generation in asymmetric double quantum well under the intense non-resonant laser field is theoretically investigated. We calculate the optical rectification and second and third harmonic generation within the compact density -matrix approach. The theoretical findings show that the influence of electric, magnetic, and intense laser fields leads to significant changes in the coefficients of nonlinear optical rectification, second and third harmonic generation. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

WOS: 000394635200076, In this work we shall present a study of inelastic light scattering involving inter-subband electron transitions in coupled GaAs-(Ga,AI)As quantum wells. Calculations include the electron related Raman differential cross section and Raman gain. The effects of an external nonresonant intense laser field are used in order to tune these output properties. The confined electron states will be described by means of a diagonalization procedure within the effective mass and parabolic band approximations. It is shown that the application of the intense laser field can produce values of the intersubband electron Raman gain above 400 cm(-1). The system proposed here is an alternative choice for the development of Al chi Ga1-chi As semiconductor laser diodes that can be tuned via an external nonresonant intense laser field. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., Colombian Agencies: CODI-; Mexican PRODEP for a Posdoctoral Grant [09/2016-08/2017]; Universidad EIA; Universidad de Antioquia through the EIA-UdeA-UdeM-project "Propiedades Opto-electronicas de sistemas altamente confinados: Una aproximaciOn teorica"; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales-Universidad de Antioquia (CAD and ALM-exclusive dedication projects 2016-2017), This research was partially supported by Colombian Agencies: CODI-Universidad de Antioquia (Estrategia de Sostenibilidad de la Universidad de Antioquia and projects: "Propiedades opticas de impurezas, excitones y moleculas en puntos cuanticos autoensamblados" and "On the way to development of new concept of nanostructure-based THz laser") and Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales-Universidad de Antioquia (CAD and ALM-exclusive dedication projects 2016-2017). AT thanks Mexican PRODEP for a Posdoctoral Grant 09/2016-08/2017. CAD and RLR are grateful to Universidad EIA and Universidad de Antioquia for financial support through the EIA-UdeA-UdeM-project "Propiedades Opto-electronicas de sistemas altamente confinados: Una aproximaciOn teorica".

WOS: 000386644500026, The electron states in a two-dimensional quantum dot ring are calculated in the presence of a donor impurity atom under the effective mass and parabolic band approximations. The effect of an externally applied electric field is also taken into account. The wavefunctions are obtained via the exact diagonalization of the problem Hamiltonian using a 2D expansion within the adiabatic approximation. The impurity-related optical response is analyzed via the optical absorption, relative refractive index change and the second harmonics generation. The dependencies of the electron states and these optical co-efficients with the changes in the configuration of the quantum ring system are discussed in detail. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

WOS: 000457753000024, PubMed ID: 30723242, The features of the electron energy spectrum in eccentric two-dimensional GaAs-AlGaAs quantum rings of circular shape are theoretically investigated taking into account the effect of externally applied magnetic and intense laser fields. Analytical expressions for the laser-dressed confining potential in this kind of quantum ring geometry are reported for the first time. Finite element method is used to solve the resulting single-particle effective mass two-dimensional partial differential equation. It is shown that the allowed level spectrum is greatly influence by the external probe as well as by the breaking of geometric symmetry related to the changes in eccentricity. In presence of an intense laser field, the conduction band confining profile suffers strong modifications along the structure, with an additional contribution to symmetry breaking. These modifications of electronic quantum states reflect in the intraband optical absorption. Accordingly, the features of the intraband transitions are discussed in detail, revealing the significant influence of the magnetic field strength and laser field intensity and polarization, together with eccentricity, in the allowing of ground-to-excited states transitions and their corresponding intensities., Universidad EIA; CODI-Universidad de Antioquia (Estrategia de Sostenibilidad de la Universidad de Antioquia); CODI-Universidad de Antioquia (project "Efectos de capas delta dopadas en pozos cuanticos como fotodetectores en el infrarrojo"); CODI-Universidad de Antioquia (project "Efectos opticos intersubbanda, no lineales de segundo orden y dispersion Raman, en sistemas asimetricos de pozos cuanticos acoplados"); Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales-Universidad de Antioquia (CAD-exclusive dedication project 2018-2019); Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales-Universidad de Antioquia (ALM-exclusive dedication project 2018-2019); Colombian Agency El Patrimonio Autonomo Fondo Nacional de Financiamiento para la Ciencia, la Tecnologa y la Innovacion, Francisco Jose de Caldas-COLCIENCIAS; Mexican Conacyt [206772]; Universidad de Antioquia, J.A. Vinasco acknowledges the support and fruitful cooperation with Prof. Dr. A. Radu during his doctoral stay at the Department of Physics, "Politehnica" University of Bucharest, where part of this work was done. This research was partially supported by Colombian Agencies: Universidad EIA, CODI-Universidad de Antioquia (Estrategia de Sostenibilidad de la Universidad de Antioquia and projects "Efectos de capas delta dopadas en pozos cuanticos como fotodetectores en el infrarrojo" and "Efectos opticos intersubbanda, no lineales de segundo orden y dispersion Raman, en sistemas asimetricos de pozos cuanticos acoplados"), and Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales-Universidad de Antioquia (CAD-exclusive dedication project 2018-2019 and ALM-exclusive dedication project 2018-2019). This work used resources of the Centro Nacional de Processamento de Alto Desempenho em Sao Paulo (CENAPAD-SP). J.A. Vinasco acknowledges the doctoral financial support from the Colombian Agency El Patrimonio Autonomo Fondo Nacional de Financiamiento para la Ciencia, la Tecnologa y la Innovacion, Francisco Jose de Caldas-COLCIENCIAS. M.E. Mora-Ramos acknowledges support from Mexican Conacyt through Grant 206772. The authors are grateful to the Universidad EIA and Universidad de Antioquia for financial support through the EIA-UdeA-UdeM-project "Generacion de segundo armonico, rectificacion optica y dispersion Raman entre estados electronicos en pozos cuanticos acoplados".

WOS: 000443747000006, PubMed ID: 30185886, The electronic states in GaAs-AlxGa1-xAs elliptically-shaped quantum rings are theoretically investigated through the numerical solution of the effective mass band equation via the finite element method. The results are obtained for different sizes and geometries, including the possibility of a number of hill-shaped deformations that play the role of either connected or isolated quantum dots (hills), depending on the configuration chosen. The quantum ring transversal section is assumed to exhibit three different geometrical symmetries - squared, triangular and parabolic. The behavior of the allowed confined states as functions of the cross-section shape, the ring dimensions, and the number of hills-like structures are discussed in detail. The effective energy bandgap (photoluminescence peak with electron-hole correlation) is reported as well, as a function of the Al molar fraction., Universidad EIA; CODI-Universidad de Antioquia; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales-Universidad de Antioquia; Colombian Agency \emph{El Patrimonio Autonomo Fondo Nacional de Financiamiento para la Ciencia, la Tecnologia y la Innovacion, Francisco Jose de Caldas-COLCIENCIAS}; Mexican Conacyt [206772]; Universidad de Antioquia, J. A. Vinasco acknowledges the support and fruitful cooperation with Prof. Dr. A. Radu during his doctoral stay at the Department of Physics, "Politehnica" University of Bucharest, where part of this work was done. This research was partially supported by Colombian Agencies: Universidad EIA, CODI-Universidad de Antioquia (Estrategia de Sostenibilidad de la Universidad de Antioquia and projects "Efectos de capas delta dopadas en pozos cuanticos como fotodetectores en el infrarrojo" and "Efectos Opticos intersubbanda, no lineales de segundo orden y dispersion Raman, en sistemas asimetricos de pozos cuanticos acoplados"), and Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales-Universidad de Antioquia (CAD-exclusive dedication project 2017-2018 and ALM-exclusive dedication project 2018-2019). This work used resources of the Centro Nacional de Processamento de Alto Desempenho em Sao Paulo (CENAPAD-SP). J. A. Vinasco acknowledges the doctoral financial support from the Colombian Agency \emph{El Patrimonio Autonomo Fondo Nacional de Financiamiento para la Ciencia, la Tecnologia y la Innovacion, Francisco Jose de Caldas-COLCIENCIAS}. M. E. Mora-Ramos acknowledges support from Mexican Conacyt through Grant 206772. The authors are grateful to the Universidad EIA and Universidad de Antioquia for financial support through the EIA-UdeA-UdeM-project "Generacion de segundo armonico, rectificacion Optica y dispersion Raman entre estados electronicos en pozos cuanticos acoplados".

WOS: 000357233800004, The effects of electric and magnetic fields on the nonlinear optical rectification and second harmonic generation coefficients related with intersubband transitions in a semi-parabolic quantum well under intense laser field are theoretically studied. The energy levels and corresponding wave functions are obtained by solving the conduction band Schrodinger-like equation in the parabolic approximation and the envelope function approach. Numerical calculations are presented for a typical GaAs/Ga1-xAlxAs quantum well. The results show that both the non-resonant intense laser field and the static external fields have significant influences on the magnitude and resonant peak energy positions of the coefficients under study. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

WOS: 000329116900005, The effects of hydrostatic pressure, temperature, and electric field on the optical absorption coefficients and refractive index changes associated with intersubband transition in a typical GaAs/Ga0.7Al0.3As graded quantum well under intense laser field have been investigated theoretically. The electron energy eigenvalues and the corresponding eigenfunctions of the graded quantum well are calculated within the effective mass approximation and envelope wave function approach. The analytical expressions of the optical properties are obtained using the compact density-matrix approach and the iterative method. The numerical results show that the linear and nonlinear optical properties depend strongly on the intense laser field and electric field but weakly on the hydrostatic pressure and temperature. Additionally, it has been found that the electronic and optical properties in a GaAs/Ga0.7Al0.3As graded quantum well under the intense laser field can be tuned by changing these external inputs. Thus, these results give a new degree of freedom in the devices applications. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., CODI-Universidad de Antioquia (Estrategia de Sostenibilidad de la Universidad de Antioquia); Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales-Universidad de Antioquia (CAD-exclusive dedication project); EL PATRIMONIO AUTONOMO FONDO NACIONAL DE FINANCIAMIENTO PARA LA CIENCIA; LA TECNOLOGIA Y LA INNOVACION; FRANCISCO JOSE DE CALDAS; Escuela de Ingenieria de Antioquia; Efectos de lAser intenso sobre las propiedades opticas de nanoestrucuras semiconductoras de InGaAsN/GaAs y GaAlAs/GaAs; Mexican CONACYT [101777]; Cumhuriyet University [F-399], This research was partially supported by Colombian Agencies: CODI-Universidad de Antioquia (Estrategia de Sostenibilidad 2013-2014 de la Universidad de Antioquia), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales-Universidad de Antioquia (CAD-exclusive dedication project 2013-2014), and by EL PATRIMONIO AUTONOMO FONDO NACIONAL DE FINANCIAMIENTO PARA LA CIENCIA, LA TECNOLOGIA Y LA INNOVACION, FRANCISCO JOSE DE CALDAS, The Escuela de Ingenieria de Antioquia co-supported EIA-UdeA project: Efectos de lAser intenso sobre las propiedades opticas de nanoestrucuras semiconductoras de InGaAsN/GaAs y GaAlAs/GaAs. MEMR acknowledges support from Mexican CONACYT through Grant no. 101777, The authors are grateful to The Scientific Research Project Fund of Cumhuriyet University under the project number F-399. The work was done with the help of CENAPAD-SP, Brazil.

WOS: 000398405000001, The conduction band and electron-donor impurity states in elliptic-shaped GaAs quantum dots under the effect of an externally applied electric field are calculated within the effective mass and adiabatic approximations using two different numerical approaches: a spectral scheme and the finite element method. The resulting energies and wave functions become the basic information needed to evaluate the interstate optical absorption in the system, which is reported as a function of the geometry, the electric field strength, and the temperature., Vietnam National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED) [103.01-2015.93]; Migracion Sismica Pre-Apilado en Profundidad por Extrapolacion de Campos de Onda Utilizando Computacion de Alto Desempeno para Datos Masivos en Zonas Complejas [111553130555], This research is funded by Vietnam National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED) under Grant no. 103.01-2015.93. The authors are grateful to the Colombian Agencies CODI-Universidad de Antioquia (Estrategia de Sostenibilidad de la Universidad de Antioquia) and Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales-Universidad de Antioquia (C.A. Duque and A.L. Morales Exclusive Dedication Projects 2016-2017). M.A. Londono is grateful to Colciencias-Ecopetrol for financial support through the project Migracion Sismica Pre-Apilado en Profundidad por Extrapolacion de Campos de Onda Utilizando Computacion de Alto Desempeno para Datos Masivos en Zonas Complejas (Code 111553130555).

WOS: 000414178500007, In this paper we are reporting the computation for the Nonlinear Optical Rectification (NOR) and the Second and Third Harmonic Generation (SHG and THG) related with electronic states of asymmetric double Si-d-doped quantum well in a GaAs matrix when this is subjected to an in-plane (x-oriented) constant magnetic field effect. The work is performed in the effective mass and parabolic band approximations in order to compute the electronic structure for the system by a diagonalization procedure. The expressions for the nonlinear optical susceptibilities, chi((2))(0), chi((2))(2 omega), and chi((3))(3 omega), are those arising from the compact matrix density formulation and stand for the NOR, SHG, and THG, respectively. This asymmetric double d-doped quantum well potential profile actually exhibits nonzero NOR, SHG, and THG responses which can be easily controlled by the in-plane (x-direction) externally applied magnetic field. In particular we find that for the chosen configuration the harmonic generation is in the far-infrared/ THz region, thus and becoming suitable building blocks for photodetectors in this range of the electromagnetic spectra., Programa de Fortalecimiento de la Calidad en Instituciones Educativas (SEP); project "Fortalecimiento y consolidacion de los PE y los CA de la DES de Ciencias Basicas de la Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas"; Colombian Agency: CODI-Universidad de Antioquia (Estrategia de Sostenibilidad de la Universidad de Antioquia); Colombian Agency: Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales-Universidad de Antioquia (CAD dedication projects); CONACyT-Mexico [275399, 275402], This research was partially supported by the "Programa de Fortalecimiento de la Calidad en Instituciones Educativas (SEP)" with project "Fortalecimiento y consolidacion de los PE y los CA de la DES de Ciencias Basicas de la Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas". This research was also partially supported by Colombian Agencies: CODI-Universidad de Antioquia (Estrategia de Sostenibilidad de la Universidad de Antioquia) and Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales-Universidad de Antioquia (CAD dedication projects 2016-2017). K. A. R.-M. and J.G. R.-B would like to acknowledges to CONACyT-Mexico for the financial support through grants 275399 and 275402.

International Conference on Terahertz Emission, Metamaterials and Nanophotonics (TERAMETANANO) -- APR 03-10, 2016 -- Cartagena de Indias, COLOMBIA, WOS: 000398824000017, authoren This paper investigates the effects of an intense laser field and electric field on the optical properties of quantum well represented by Morse potential. The non-resonant, high-frequency intense laser effects upon the system are treated within the framework of non-perturbative approach, modifying the confinement potential associated to the heterostructure. The analytical expressions of the linear and third-order nonlinear optical absorption coefficients and refractive index changes are obtained by using the compact-density matrix formalism. The results for a typical GaAs quantum well correspond to several configurations of the structural parameter, the strengths of the intense laser radiation, and the static electric field. Numerical results reveal the striking influence of the external fields on the magnitude and resonant peak energy positions of the optical absorption coefficients and refractive index changes. Besides, the control of intersubband optical transitions by the structure parameter seems feasible.

WOS: 000386644500050, We have calculated the effects of electric and intense laser fields on the binding energies of the ground and some excited states of conduction electrons coupled to shallow donor impurities as well as the total optical absorption coefficient for transitions between 1s and 2p(+/-) electron-impurity states in a asymmetric parabolic GaAs/Ga1-x AlxAs quantum well. The binding energies were obtained using the effective-mass approximation within a variational scheme. Total absorption coefficient (linear and nonlinear absorption coefficient) for the transitions between any two impurity states were calculated from first- and third-order dielectric susceptibilities derived within a perturbation expansion for the density matrix formalism. Our results show that the effects of the electric field, intense laser field, and the impurity location on the binding energy of 1s-impurity state are more pronounced compared with other impurity states. If the well center is changed to be L-c0), the effective well width decreases (increases), and thus we can obtain the red or blue shift in the resonant peak position of the absorption coefficient by changing the intensities of the electric and non-resonant intense laser field as well as dimensions of the well and impurity positions. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., Colombian Agency: Universidad de Antioquia; Colombian Agency: project: "Propiedades opticas de impurezas, excitones y moleculas en puntos cuanticos autoensamblados", Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales-Universidad de Antioquia (CAD-exclusive dedication project); Colombian Agency: project: "On the way to development of new concept of nanostructure-based THz laser"), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales-Universidad de Antioquia (CAD-exclusive dedication project); Colombian Agency: El Patrimonio Autonomo Fondo Nacional de Financiamiento para la Ciencia, la Tecnologia y la Innovacion, Francisco Jose de Caldas, This research was partially supported by Colombian Agencies: Universidad de Antioquia and projects: "Propiedades opticas de impurezas, excitones y moleculas en puntos cuanticos autoensamblados" and "On the way to development of new concept of nanostructure-based THz laser"), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales-Universidad de Antioquia (CAD-exclusive dedication project 2015-2016), El Patrimonio Autonomo Fondo Nacional de Financiamiento para la Ciencia, la Tecnologia y la Innovacion, Francisco Jose de Caldas.

WOS: 000381593900018, In the present study, the effects of electric and magnetic fields on the linear and third-order nonlinear optical absorption coefficients and relative change of the refractive index in asymmetric GaAs/GaAlAs double quantum wells under intense laser fields are theoretically investigated. The electric field is oriented along the growth direction of the heterostructure while the magnetic field is taken in-plane. The intense laser field is linear polarization along the growth direction. Our calculations are made using the effective-mass approximation and the compact density-matrix approach. Intense laser effects on the system are investigated with the use of the Floquet method with the consequent change in the confinement potential of heterostructures. Our results show that the increase of the electric and magnetic fields blue-shifts the peak positions of the total absorption coefficient and of the total refractive index while the increase of the intense laser field firstly blue-shifts the peak positions and later results in their red-shifting. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., Scientific Research Project Fund of Cumhuriyet University [TEKNO-007]; project EIA-UdeA ("Efectos de laser intenso sobre las propiedades opticas de nanoestructuras semiconductoras de InGaAsN/GaAs y GaAlAs/GaAs.") Escuela de Ingenieria de Antioquia., The authors are grateful to The Scientific Research Project Fund of Cumhuriyet University under the project number TEKNO-007. CAD is grateful to the Colombian Agencies CODI-Universidad de Antioquia (Estrategia de Sostenibilidad de la Universidad de Antioquia and projects: "On the way to development of new concept of nanostructure-based THz laser" and "Propiedades opticas de impurezas, excitones y moleculas en puntos cuanticos autoensamblados"), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales-Universidad de Antioquia (CAD-exclusive dedication projects 2015-2016); and El Patrimonio Autonomo Fondo Nacional de Financiamiento para la Ciencia, la Tecnologia y la Innovacion, Francisco Jose de Caldas. Co-funded project EIA-UdeA ("Efectos de laser intenso sobre las propiedades opticas de nanoestructuras semiconductoras de InGaAsN/GaAs y GaAlAs/GaAs.") Escuela de Ingenieria de Antioquia.

WOS: 000346845200030, This paper presents the results of the theoretical study of the effects of non resonant intense laser field and electric and magnetic fields on the optical properties (the linear and third order nonlinear refractive index and absorption coefficients) in an asymmetric quantum well. The electric field and intense laser field are applied along the growth direction of the asymmetric quantum well and the magnetic field is oriented perpendicularly. To calculate the energy and the wave functions of the electron in the asymmetric quantum well, the effective mass approximation and the method of envelope wave function are used. The asymmetric quantum well is constructed by using different aluminium concentrations in both right and left barriers. The confinement in the quantum well is changed drastically by either the effect of electric and magnetic fields or by the application of intense laser field. The optical properties are calculated using the compact density matrix approach. The results show that the effect of the intense laser field competes with the effects of the electric and magnetic fields. Consequently, peak position shifts to lower photon energies due to the effect of the intense laser field and it shifts to higher photon energies by the effects of electric and magnetic fields. In general, it is found that the concentration of aluminum, electric and magnetic fields and intense laser field are external agents that modify the optical responses in the asymmetric quantum well. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All tights reserved., Scientific Research Project Fund of Cumhuriyet University [F-399, F-410]; CODI-Universidad de Antioquia; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales-Universidad de Antioquia; EL PATRIMONIO AUTONOMO FONDO NACIONAL DE FINANCIAMIENTO PARA LA CIENCIA, LA TECNOLOGIA Y LA INNOVACION, FRANCISCO JOSE DE CALDAS; Mexican CONACYT [CB-2008-101777]; Escuela de lngenieria de Antioquia; EIA-UdeA, The authors are grateful to The Scientific Research Project Fund of Cumhuriyet University under the projects number F-399 and F-410. This research was partially supported by Colombian Agencies: CODI-Universidad de Antioquia (Estrategia de Sostenibilidad 2014-2015 de la Universidad de Antioquia), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales-Universidad de Antioquia (CAD-exclusive dedication project 2014-2015), and by EL PATRIMONIO AUTONOMO FONDO NACIONAL DE FINANCIAMIENTO PARA LA CIENCIA, LA TECNOLOGIA Y LA INNOVACION, FRANCISCO JOSE DE CALDAS. MEMR acknowledges support from Mexican CONACYT through Grant CB-2008-101777, The Escuela de lngenieria de Antioquia co-supported EIA-UdeA project: Efectos de laser intenso sobre las propiedades opticas de nanoestrucuras semiconductoras de InGaAsN/GaAs y GaAlAs/GaAs. RLR is also grateful to the Physics Department of the Cumhuriyet University in Sivas-Turkey for the support and hospitality during his research stay.

WOS: 000366876100025, This paper presents the results of the theoretical study of the effects of non-resonant intense laser field and electric and magnetic fields on the optical properties in an quantum well (QW) make with Woods Saxon potential profile. The electric field and intense laser field are applied along the growth direction of the Woods Saxon quantum well and the magnetic field is oriented perpendicularly. To calculate the energy and the wave functions of the electron in the Woods Saxon quantum well, the effective mass approximation and the method of envelope wave function are used. The confinement in the Woods Saxon quantum well is changed drastically by the application of intense laser field or either the effect of electric and magnetic fields. The optical properties are calculated using the compact density matrix. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved., Escuela de Ingenieria de Antioquia co; Colombian Agencies: CODI-Universidad de Antioquia (Estrategia de Sostenibilidad de la Universidad de Antioquia); Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales-Universidad de Antioquia (CAD-exclusive dedication project); PATRIMONIO AUTONOMO FONDO NACIONAL DE FINANCIAMIENTO PARA LA CIENCIA, LA TECNOLOGIA Y LA INNOVACION, FRANCISCO JOSE DE CALDAS, The Escuela de Ingenieria de Antioquia co-supported EIA-UdeA project: Efectos de laser intenso sobre las propiedades opticas de nanoestrucuras semiconductoras de InGaAsN/GaAs y GaAlAs/GaAs. This research was partially supported by Colombian Agencies: CODI-Universidad de Antioquia (Estrategia de Sostenibilidad 2014-2015 de la Universidad de Antioquia), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales-Universidad de Antioquia (CAD-exclusive dedication project 2014-2015), and by EL PATRIMONIO AUTONOMO FONDO NACIONAL DE FINANCIAMIENTO PARA LA CIENCIA, LA TECNOLOGIA Y LA INNOVACION, FRANCISCO JOSE DE CALDAS.

WOS: 000350075500023, In the present work, the effects of the intense laser field on total optical absorption coefficient (the linear and third-order nonlinear) and total refractive index change for transition between two lower-lying electronic levels in the step-like GaAs/Ga1-xAlxAs quantum well under external electric and magnetic fields are investigated. The calculations were performed within the compact density-matrix formalism with the use of the effective mass and parabolic band approximations. The obtained results show that both total absorption coefficient and refractive index change are sensitive to the well dimensions and the effects of external fields. By changing the intensities of the electric, magnetic and non-resonant intense laser fields together with the well dimensions, we can obtain the blue or red shift, without the need for the growth of many different samples. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., Cumhuriyet University [F-410]; Colombian Agencies: CODI-Universidad de Antioquia. (Estrategia de Sostenibilidad de la Universidad de Antioquia); Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales-Universidad de Antioquia(CAD-exclusive dedication project); EL PATRIMONIO AUTONOMO FONDO NACIONAL DE FINANCIAMIENTO PARA LA CIENCIA; LA TECNOLOGIA Y LA INNOVACION, FRANCISCO JOSE DE CALDAS; Mexican CONACYT [CB-2008-101777]; EIA-UdeA project: Efectos de laser intenso sobre las propiedades opticas de nanoestrucuras semiconductoras de InGaAsN/GaAs y GaAlAs/GaAs; Physics Depai linent of the Cumhuriyet University in Sivas, Turkey, The authors are grateful to The Scientific Research Project Fund of Cumhuriyet University under the project number F-410. This research was partially supported by Colombian Agencies: CODI-Universidad de Antioquia. (Estrategia de Sostenibilidad 2014-2015 de la Universidad de Antioquia), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales-Universidad de Antioquia(CAD-exclusive dedication project 2014-2015), and by EL PATRIMONIO AUTONOMO FONDO NACIONAL DE FINANCIAMIENTO PARA LA CIENCIA, LA TECNOLOGIA Y LA INNOVACION, FRANCISCO JOSE DE CALDAS. MEMR acknowledges support from Mexican CONACYT through Grant CB-2008-101777. The Escuela de Ingenieria de Antioquia co-supported EIA-UdeA project: Efectos de laser intenso sobre las propiedades opticas de nanoestrucuras semiconductoras de InGaAsN/GaAs y GaAlAs/GaAs. RLR is also grateful to the Physics Depai linent of the Cumhuriyet University in Sivas, Turkey for the support and hospitality during his research stay.

12th International Conference on Optics of Surfaces and Interfaces (OSI) -- JUN 25-30, 2017 -- Trin Coll Dublin, Sch Phys, Dublin, IRELAND, WOS: 000430113000017, The electron states in a holey elliptically shaped GaAs quantum dot are investigated within the effective mass scheme with the use of the adiabatic approximation and the finite element method. The effects of a donor impurity center and an applied electric field are particularly taken into account. Electron-impurity energies are reported as functions of both the geometry of the quantum dot and the applied field intensity, whereas temperature effects are also included. The analysis of electron-impurity intersubband transitions allows the investigation of the light absorption response of the system., CODI-Universidad de Antioquia (Estrategia de Sostenibilidad de la Universidad de Antioquia); CODI-Universidad de Antioquia (research project "Manipulacion de propiedades optoelectronicas de nanoestructuras semiconductoras por ondas acusticas superficiales"); Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales-Universidad de Antioquia; Universidad EIA; Universidad de Antioquia through the EIA-UdeA-UdeM-project "Desarrollo de fotodetectores en el infrarrojo usando pozos cuanticos ajustables con dopamiento delta dentro del pozo"; Colombian Oil Company ECOPETROL; Colombian Oil Company COLCIENCIAS [0266-2013], This research was partially supported by Colombian Agencies: CODI-Universidad de Antioquia (Estrategia de Sostenibilidad de la Universidad de Antioquia and research project "Manipulacion de propiedades optoelectronicas de nanoestructuras semiconductoras por ondas acusticas superficiales") and Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales-Universidad de Antioquia (CAD and ALM exclusive dedication projects 2017-2018). RLR and CAD are grateful to Universidad EIA and Universidad de Antioquia for financial support through the EIA-UdeA-UdeM-project "Desarrollo de fotodetectores en el infrarrojo usando pozos cuanticos ajustables con dopamiento delta dentro del pozo." This work is supported by Colombian Oil Company ECOPETROL and COLCIENCIAS as a part of the research project grant No. 0266-2013.