ABILITY TO EMIT STIMULATED TERAHERTZ RADIATION BETWEEN LANDAU LEVELS IN GaAs/Al GaAs QUANTUM WELL

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In this paper we show that a population inversion can be achieved in the system of Landau levels in quantum well structures by a considerable difference between intersubband and intrasubband electron-electron scattering rate. This mechanism allows the generation of emission terahertz stimulated radiation. The frequency of the radiation may continuously be tuned in a wide range of terahertz frequencies by the variation of the magnetic field strength.