Modeling quantum cascade lasers: Coupled electron and phonon transport far from equilibrium and across disparate spatial scales. Issue 6 (28th December 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shi, Y. B.; Mei, S.; Jonasson, O.; Knezevic, I.
• Other Names: Keefe Peter D. guestEditor.; Nieuwenhuizen Theo M. guestEditor.; Špička Václav guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: Fortschritte der Physik. Volume 65:Issue 6/7/8(2017)
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• Publication Date: 2016-12-28
• Subjects: quantum cascade laser -- phonons -- thermal transport -- far‐from‐equilibrium -- nonequilibrium -- Monte Carlo -- multiscale -- electrothermal; Physics -- Periodicals; 530.05
• DOI: 10.1002/prop.201600084
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0015-8208

Abstract

Abstract : Quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) are high‐power coherent light sources in the midinfrared and terahertz parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. They are devices in which the electronic and lattice systems are far from equilibrium, strongly coupled to one another, and the problem bridges disparate spatial scales. We present our ongoing work on the multiphysics and multiscale simulation of far‐from‐equilibrium transport of charge and heat in midinfrared QCLs.