Coupled carrier–phonon nonequilibrium dynamics in terahertz quantum cascade lasers: a Monte Carlo analysis

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-ba...

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Main Authors: Rita C Iotti, Fausto Rossi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2013-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/15/7/075027