Genetic algorithm applied to the optimization of quantum cascade lasers with second harmonic generation
- School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Bulevar kralja Aleksandra 73, 11120 Belgrade (Serbia)
- School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT (United Kingdom)
A computational model for the optimization of the second order optical nonlinearities in GaInAs/AlInAs quantum cascade laser structures is presented. The set of structure parameters that lead to improved device performance was obtained through the implementation of the Genetic Algorithm. In the following step, the linear and second harmonic generation power were calculated by self-consistently solving the system of rate equations for carriers and photons. This rate equation system included both stimulated and simultaneous double photon absorption processes that occur between the levels relevant for second harmonic generation, and material-dependent effective mass, as well as band nonparabolicity, were taken into account. The developed method is general, in the sense that it can be applied to any higher order effect, which requires the photon density equation to be included. Specifically, we have addressed the optimization of the active region of a double quantum well In{sub 0.53}Ga{sub 0.47}As/Al{sub 0.48}In{sub 0.52}As structure and presented its output characteristics.
- OSTI ID:
- 22278102
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 115, Issue 5; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
ABSORPTION
ALGORITHMS
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
EFFECTIVE MASS
GALLIUM COMPOUNDS
HARMONIC GENERATION
HETEROJUNCTIONS
INDIUM ARSENIDES
OPTIMIZATION
PERFORMANCE
PHOTONS
QUANTUM WELLS
REACTION KINETICS
SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS