Monte Carlo Studies of Quantum Cascade Lasers

• Authors: P. Borowik , J. Thobel , M. Bugajski , L. Adamowicz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Results of multi particle Monte Carlo studies of a mid-infrared QCL structure, for the first time fabricated by Page et al., are presented. It has been demonstrated that for the considered structure design at least 9 electron energy levels per laser segment should be used to correctly describe the electric current properties. Mechanisms responsible for electron population on higher laser level are discussed.

Keywords

EN

72.10.-d; 72.20.Jv; 73.63.-b; 78.67.-n

Discipline

• 73.63.-b: Electronic transport in nanoscale materials and structures(see also 73.23.-b Electronic transport in mesoscopic systems)
• 78.67.-n: Optical properties of low-dimensional, mesoscopic, and nanoscale materials and structures(for magnetic properties of nanostructures, see 75.75.-c; for electronic transport in nanoscale structures, see 73.63.-b; for mechanical properties of nanoscale systems, see 62.25.-g)
• 72.20.Jv: Charge carriers: generation, recombination, lifetime, and trapping
• 72.10.-d: Theory of electronic transport; scattering mechanisms

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 116
• Issue: S
• Pages: S-49-S-51

Dates

published

2009-12

Contributors

author

P. Borowik

• Wydział Fizyki Politechnika Warszawska, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland

author

J. Thobel

• Institut d'Electronique et de Nanotechnologie, UMR CNRS 8520, Université Lille 1, Avenue Poincaré, B.P. 69, 59652 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France

author

M. Bugajski

• Wydział Fizyki Politechnika Warszawska, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland
• Instytut Technologii Elektronowej, al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland

author

L. Adamowicz

• Wydział Fizyki Politechnika Warszawska, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.116.S-49