Efficient simulation of quantum cascade lasers using the Pauli master equation

International Conference on Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices, SISPAD

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 91-94

  Baumgartner, Oskar ^a   Stanojević, Zlatan ^a   Kosina, Hans ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MICROELECTRONICS   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; EFFICIENT SIMULATION; MASTER EQUATIONS; MIDINFRARED; MONTE CARLO; TRANSPORT MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 80055019409     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SISPAD.2011.6035057     Document Type: Conference Paper

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