Nonequilibrium Green's function theory for transport and gain properties of quantum cascade structures

Details Nonequilibrium Green's function theory for transport and gain properties of quantum cascade structures Nonequilibrium Green's function theory for transport and gain properties of quantum cascade structures

2002-12-03

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0212059v1

Phys. Rev. B 66, 245314 (2002)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

44 pages, 16 figures, appearing in Physical Review B Dec 2002

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.66.245314

The transport and gain properties of quantum cascade (QC) structures are investigated using a nonequilibrium Green's function (NGF) theory which includes quantum effects beyond a Boltzmann transport description. In the NGF theory, we include interface roughness, impurity, and electron-phonon scattering processes within a self-consistent Born approximation, and electron-electron scattering in a mean-field approximation. With this theory we obtain a description of the nonequilibrium stationary state of QC structures under an applied bias, and hence we determine transport properties, such as the current-voltage characteristic of these structures. We define two contributions to the current, one contribution driven by the scattering-free part of the Hamiltonian, and the other driven by the scattering Hamiltonian. We find that the dominant part of the current in these structures, in contrast to simple superlattice structures, is governed mainly by the scattering Hamiltonian. In addition, by considering the linear response of the stationary state of the structure to an applied optical field, we determine the linear susceptibility, and hence the gain or absorption spectra of the structure. A comparison of the spectra obtained from the more rigorous NGF theory with simpler models shows that the spectra tend to be offset to higher values in the simpler theories.

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