This work investigates carrier transport in tunnel junctions for vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs). The study is performed with a quantum-corrected semiclassical approach, where tunneling is described rigorously with a nonequilibrium Green's function formalism based on a multiband description of the electronic structure. Validated with experimental results, the proposed approach provides a quantum -kinetic perspective of the tunneling process and paves the way toward a comprehensive theory of VCSELs, bridging the gap between semiclassical and quantum simulations.
Analysis of Carrier Transport in Tunnel-Junction Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers by a Coupled Nonequilibrium Green’s Function–Drift-Diffusion Approach / Tibaldi, Alberto; Gonzalez Montoya, Jesus Alberto; Alasio, Matteo G. C.; Gullino, Alberto; Larsson, Anders; Debernardi, Pierluigi; Goano, Michele; Vallone, Marco Ernesto; Ghione, Giovanni; Bellotti, Enrico; Bertazzi, Francesco. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW APPLIED. - ISSN 2331-7019. - STAMPA. - 14:2(2020), p. 024037.
Titolo: | Analysis of Carrier Transport in Tunnel-Junction Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers by a Coupled Nonequilibrium Green’s Function–Drift-Diffusion Approach |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2020 |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevapplied.14.024037 |
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