The operation of state-of-the-art optoelectronic quantum devices may be significantly affected by the presence of a nonequilibrium quasiparticle population to which the carrier subsystem is unavoidably coupled. This situation is particularly evident in new-generation semiconductor-heterostructure-based quantum emitters, operating both in the mid-infrared as well as in the terahertz (THz) region of the electromagnetic spectrum. In this paper, we present a Monte Carlo-based global kinetic approach, suitable for the investigation of a combined carrier–phonon nonequilibrium dynamics in realistic devices, and discuss its application with a prototypical resonant-phonon THz emitting quantum cascade laser design.
Coupled carrier–phonon nonequilibrium dynamics in terahertz quantum cascade lasers: a Monte Carlo analysis / Rita C Iotti;Fausto Rossi. - In: NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. - ISSN 1367-2630. - 15(2013), p. 075027. [10.1088/1367-2630/15/7/075027]
Titolo: | Coupled carrier–phonon nonequilibrium dynamics in terahertz quantum cascade lasers: a Monte Carlo analysis | |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2013 | |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/15/7/075027 | |
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