Multiple-quantum-well laser simulation: a comparison between the Monte Carlo method and the drift-diffusion approximation

A. D. Gueclue; Romain Maciejko; Alain Champagne; M. Abou-Khalil; Toshihiko Makino

doi:10.1117/12.328682

4 December 1998 Multiple quantum well laser simulation: a comparison between the Monte Carlo method and the drift-diffusion approximation

A. D. Gueclue, Romain Maciejko, Alain Champagne, M. Abou-Khalil, Toshihiko Makino

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Proceedings Volume 3491, 1998 International Conference on Applications of Photonic Technology III: Closing the Gap between Theory, Development, and Applications; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.328682
Event: 1998 International Conference on Applications of Photonic Technology, 1998, Ottawa, Canada

Abstract

A self-consistent ensemble Monte Carlo calculation of steady state carrier distribution functions in InGaAsP-based multiple-quantum-well lasers is performed. The results are compared to those obtained with a drift-diffusion classical simulator. The outcome of the two methods is found to be similar. Still, the Monte Carlo approach offers much more insight into several issues such as the energy distribution of carriers and the effects of particle-particle interactions.

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A. D. Gueclue, Romain Maciejko, Alain Champagne, M. Abou-Khalil, and Toshihiko Makino "Multiple quantum well laser simulation: a comparison between the Monte Carlo method and the drift-diffusion approximation", Proc. SPIE 3491, 1998 International Conference on Applications of Photonic Technology III: Closing the Gap between Theory, Development, and Applications, (4 December 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.328682

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