Modeling quantum cascade lasers: Coupled electron and phonon transport far from equilibrium and across disparate spatial scales

Shi, Y. B.; Mei, S.; Jonasson, O.; Knezevic, I.

doi:10.1002/prop.201600084

Title: Modeling quantum cascade lasers: Coupled electron and phonon transport far from equilibrium and across disparate spatial scales

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.

Authors:

Shi, Y. B. ^[1]; Mei, S. ^[1]; Jonasson, O. ^[1]; Knezevic, I. ^[1]

Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (United States)

Publication Date:: Wed Dec 28 00:00:00 EST 2016

Research Org.:: Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1434270

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1401262

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0008712; DE‐SC0008712

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Fortschritte der Physik

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 65; Journal Issue: 6-8; Journal ID: ISSN 0015-8208

Publisher:: Wiley

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; quantum cascade laser; phonons; thermal transport; far-from equilibrium; nonequilibrium; Monte Carlo; multiscale; electrothermal

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                    Shi, Y. B., Mei, S., Jonasson, O., and Knezevic, I. Modeling quantum cascade lasers: Coupled electron and phonon transport far from equilibrium and across disparate spatial scales.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Shi, Y. B., Mei, S., Jonasson, O., & Knezevic, I. Modeling quantum cascade lasers: Coupled electron and phonon transport far from equilibrium and across disparate spatial scales.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1002/prop.201600084

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                    Shi, Y. B., Mei, S., Jonasson, O., and Knezevic, I. Wed .  
"Modeling quantum cascade lasers: Coupled electron and phonon transport far from equilibrium and across disparate spatial scales".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1002/prop.201600084.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1434270.

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  title        = {Modeling quantum cascade lasers: Coupled electron and phonon transport far from equilibrium and across disparate spatial scales},

  author       = {Shi, Y. B. and Mei, S. and Jonasson, O. and Knezevic, I.},

  abstractNote = {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.},

  doi          = {10.1002/prop.201600084},

  journal      = {Fortschritte der Physik},

  number       = 6-8,

  volume       = 65,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Wed Dec 28 00:00:00 EST 2016},

  month        = {Wed Dec 28 00:00:00 EST 2016}

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