• DocumentCode
    1958619
  • Title

    Design of Ge/SiGe quantum cascade lasers using the density matrix model

  • Author

    Dinh, T.V. ; Valavanis, A. ; Ikonic, Z. ; Kelsall, R.W.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Leeds, Leeds, UK
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    14-16 Sept. 2011
  • Firstpage
    293
  • Lastpage
    295
  • Abstract
    An automated design tool based on a density matrix model has been developed to model and optimize terahertz Ge/SiGe quantum cascade lasers. An optimum bound-to-continuum 7-well structure has been obtained.
  • Keywords
    germanium; quantum cascade lasers; silicon compounds; terahertz wave devices; Ge-SiGe; automated design tool; density matrix model; optimum bound-to-continuum 7 well structure; terahertz quantum cascade lasers; Current density; Delta modulation; Mathematical model; Optimization; Quantum cascade lasers; Silicon germanium; Wave functions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2011 8th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    London
  • ISSN
    1949-2081
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8338-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/GROUP4.2011.6053794
  • Filename
    6053794