[HTML][HTML] High-temperature terahertz quantum cascade lasers

B Wen, D Ban - Progress in Quantum Electronics, 2021 - Elsevier
The terahertz (THz) quantum cascade laser (QCL), first demonstrated in 2002, is among the
most promising radiation sources in the THz region owing to its high output power and broad …

Optoelectronic device simulations based on macroscopic Maxwell–Bloch equations

C Jirauschek, M Riesch… - Advanced Theory and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Due to their intuitiveness, flexibility, and relative numerical efficiency, the macroscopic
Maxwell–Bloch (MB) equations are a widely used semiclassical and semi …

Theory of hybrid microwave–photonic quantum devices

C Jirauschek - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Maxwell–Lindblad transmission line (MLT) equations are introduced as a
model for hybrid photonic and microwave‐electronic quantum devices. The hybrid concept …

Room temperature operation of n-type Ge/SiGe terahertz quantum cascade lasers predicted by non-equilibrium Green's functions

T Grange, D Stark, G Scalari, J Faist… - Applied Physics …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
n-type Ge/SiGe terahertz quantum cascade lasers are investigated using non-equilibrium
Green's functions calculations. We compare the temperature dependence of the terahertz …

Density matrix Monte Carlo modeling of quantum cascade lasers

C Jirauschek - Journal of Applied Physics, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
By including elements of the density matrix formalism, the semiclassical ensemble Monte
Carlo method for carrier transport is extended to incorporate incoherent tunneling, known to …

Effect of oscillator strength and intermediate resonance on the performance of resonant phonon-based terahertz quantum cascade lasers

S Fathololoumi, E Dupont, ZR Wasilewski… - Journal of Applied …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
We experimentally investigated the effect of oscillator strength (radiative transition
diagonality) on the performance of resonant phonon-based terahertz quantum cascade …

Prospects of temperature performance enhancement through higher resonant phonon transition designs in GaAs-based terahertz quantum-cascade lasers

A Demić, Z Ikonić, P Dean, D Indjin - New Journal of Physics, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
In this work we discuss terahertz quantum cascade laser designs that employ resonant
phonon mechanism to assist the lasing process. We investigate whether the higher energy …

[HTML][HTML] Coherent vertical electron transport and interface roughness effects in AlGaN/GaN intersubband devices

A Grier, A Valavanis, C Edmunds, J Shao… - Journal of Applied …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We investigate electron transport in epitaxially grown nitride-based resonant tunneling
diodes (RTDs) and superlattice sequential tunneling devices. A density-matrix model is …

Density matrix modeling of quantum cascade lasers without an artificially localized basis: A generalized scattering approach

A Pan, BA Burnett, CO Chui, BS Williams - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
We derive a density matrix (DM) theory for quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) that describes
the influence of scattering on coherences through a generalized scattering superoperator …

[PDF][PDF] Optimization of gain region in mid-IR (<? pag\textlambda?>≈ 5 μm) QCL

A Kolek, G Hałdaś - Optics Express, 2022 - researchgate.net
Non-equilibrium Green's function (NEGF) formalism is used to optimize the gain region of a
quantum cascade laser (QCL) tailored to emit radiation at∼ 5 µm wavelength, originally …