Quantum cascade lasers: 20 years of challenges

MS Vitiello, G Scalari, B Williams, P De Natale - Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
We review the most recent technological and application advances of quantum cascade
lasers, underlining the present milestones and future directions from the Mid-infrared to the …

Exploring the effects of molecular beam epitaxy growth characteristics on the temperature performance of state-of-the-art terahertz quantum cascade lasers

N Lander Gower, S Levy, S Piperno, SJ Addamane… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
This study conducts a comparative analysis, using non-equilibrium Green's functions
(NEGF), of two state-of-the-art two-well (TW) Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers (THz …

The application of one-dimensional nanostructures in terahertz frequency devices

K Peng, MB Johnston - Applied Physics Reviews, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
One-dimensional nanostructures commonly refer to nanomaterials with a large length-to-
diameter ratio, such as nanowires, nanotubes, nanorods, and nanopillars. The nanoscale …

Contrasting influence of charged impurities on transport and gain in terahertz quantum cascade lasers

T Grange - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
Transport and gain properties of a resonant-phonon terahertz quantum cascade laser are
calculated using nonequilibrium Green's functions. Impurity scattering is shown to be …

[HTML][HTML] Nonlinear Charge Transport and Excitable Phenomena in Semiconductor Superlattices

LL Bonilla, M Carretero, E Mompó - Entropy, 2024 - mdpi.com
Semiconductor superlattices are periodic nanostructures consisting of epitaxially grown
quantum wells and barriers. For thick barriers, the quantum wells are weakly coupled and …

Intraband absorption in self-assembled Ge-doped GaN/AlN nanowire heterostructures

M Beeler, P Hille, J Schormann, J Teubert… - Nano …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We report the observation of transverse-magnetic-polarized infrared absorption assigned to
the s–pz intraband transition in Ge-doped GaN/AlN nanodisks (NDs) in self-assembled GaN …

Efficient method for the calculation of dissipative quantum transport in quantum cascade lasers

P Greck, S Birner, B Huber, P Vogl - Optics Express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
We present a novel and very efficient method for calculating quantum transport in quantum
cascade lasers (QCLs). It follows the nonequilibrium Green's function (NEGF) framework but …

Intersubband absorption in Si‐and Ge‐doped GaN/AlN heterostructures in self‐assembled nanowire and 2D layers

A Ajay, CB Lim, DA Browne, J Polaczynski… - … status solidi (b), 2017 - Wiley Online Library
GaN/AlN is a promising material system for the development of an ultrafast intersubband
technology operating at telecommunication wavelengths, thanks to the large conduction …

Density matrix model for polarons in a terahertz quantum dot cascade laser

BA Burnett, BS Williams - Physical Review B, 2014 - APS
A density matrix based method is introduced for computation of steady-state dynamics in
quantum cascade systems of arbitrary size, which incorporates an optical field coherently …

Broadening mechanisms and self-consistent gain calculations for GaN quantum cascade laser structures

K Wang, T Grange, TT Lin, L Wang, Z Jéhn… - Applied Physics …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Carrier transport in GaN terahertz (THz) quantum cascade laser (QCL) structures is
theoretically investigated using a non-equilibrium Green's function method. Although …