Harrison, P., Indjin, D., Savic, I. et al. (7 more authors) (2008) On the coherence/incoherence of electron transport in semiconductor heterostructure optoelectronic devices. In: Belyanin, A.A. and Smowton, P.M., (eds.) Novel In-Plane Semiconductor Lasers VII. Novel In-Plane Semiconductor Lasers VII, 21 January 2008, San Jose, CA, USA. Proceedings of SPIE (6909). The International Society for Optical Engineering , p. 690912.
Abstract
This paper compares and contrasts different theoretical approaches based on incoherent electron scattering transport with experimental measurements of optoelectronic devices formed from semiconductor heterostructures. The Monte Carlo method which makes no a priori assumptions about the carrier distribution in momentum or phase space is compared with less computationally demanding energy-balance rate equation models which assume thermalised carrier distributions. It is shown that the two approaches produce qualitatively similar results for hole transport in p-type Si1-xGex/Si superlattices designed for terahertz emission. The good agreement of the predictions of rate equation calculations with experimental measurements of mid- and far-infrared quantum cascade lasers, quantum well infrared photodetectors and quantum dot infrared photodetectors substantiate the assumption of incoherent scattering dominating the transport in these quantum well based devices. However, the paper goes on to consider the possibility of coherent transport through the density matrix method and suggests an experiment that could allow coherent and incoherent transport to be distinguished from each other.
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering (Leeds) > Pollard Institute (Leeds) |
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Date Deposited: | 13 Mar 2009 18:07 |
Last Modified: | 16 Sep 2016 13:46 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.762648 |
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Publisher: | The International Society for Optical Engineering |
Series Name: | Proceedings of SPIE |
Identification Number: | 10.1117/12.762648 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:7974 |