A numerically efficient semiconductor model with Fermi-Dirac thermalization dynamics (band-filling) for FDTD simulation of optoelectronic and photonic devices

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS)

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 253-255

  Huang, Y ^a   Ho, S T ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND FILLING; HOLE BURNING; SEMICONDUCTOR MODEL; THERMALIZATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

EID: 27144533595     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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