Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2003-04-24
Advances in Solid State Physics 43, ed. by B. Kramer (Springer, Berlin 2003), pp 369-380
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
12 pages, 5 figures included, to appear in in "Advances in Solid State Physics", ed. by B. Kramer (Springer 2003)
Scientific paper
Quantum cascade lasers can be modeled within a hierarchy of different approaches: Standard rate equations for the electron densities in the levels, semiclassical Boltzmann equation for the microscopic distribution functions, and quantum kinetics including the coherent evolution between the states. Here we present a quantum transport approach based on nonequilibrium Green functions. This allows for quantitative simulations of the transport and optical gain of the device. The division of the current density in two terms shows that semiclassical transitions are likely to dominate the transport for the prototype device of Sirtori et al. but not for a recent THz-laser with only a few layers per period. The many particle effects are extremely dependent on the design of the heterostructure, and for the case considered here, inclusion of electron-electron interaction at the Hartree Fock level, provides a sizable change in absorption but imparts only a minor shift of the gain peak.
Lee Shih-Chang
Pereira M. F. Jr.
Wacker Andreas
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