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Temperature Dependence and Screening Models in Quantum Cascade Structure

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-09-30 v1

Abstract

Different screening models in quantum cascade lasers are compared by calculating the contribution of intra-subband impurity scattering to the optical linewidth as a function of temperature. We find a strong impact of impurity scattering which is increasing substantially with temperature. A simple isotropic bulk screening model works well if the screening length is of the order or longer than the period length of the cascade structure.

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@article{arxiv.0908.4159,
  title  = {Temperature Dependence and Screening Models in Quantum Cascade Structure},
  author = {Rikard Nelander and Andreas Wacker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0908.4159},
  year   = {2009}
}

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7 pages, 9 figures

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