TY - GEN
T1 - Monte Carlo simulation of intersubband relaxation in single and multiple quantum wells
AU - Goodnick, Stephen M.
AU - Pennathur, S.
AU - Lugli, Paolo
AU - Gulia, M.
PY - 1994/12/1
Y1 - 1994/12/1
N2 - We studied intersubband relaxation of carries during ultrafast photoexcitation in single and coupled quantum wells using ensemble Monte Carlo simulation, Intra- and intersubband scattering due to polar and nonpolar optical phonons, acoustic phonons, and intercarrier scattering are included in the simulation. The polar optical mode description is given in terms of a two-pole dielectric continuum model for the alloy barriers. In the present work we focus on relaxation when the 2-1 subband spacing is smaller than the optical phonon energy so that suppression of the intersubband polar optical phonon scattering rate occurs. Our results for a single well show that intercarrier intersubband scattering dominates over acoustic phonon scattering during the initial relaxation of carriers from 2-1, with a strong contribution due to polar optical phonon emission from the tails of the heated distributions as well. We have studied optical pumping for a 3 level coupled quantum well system in which ΔE12 is less than h approximately ega0, and calculate the change in occupancy of the excited subbands through pumping of the 1-3 transition.
AB - We studied intersubband relaxation of carries during ultrafast photoexcitation in single and coupled quantum wells using ensemble Monte Carlo simulation, Intra- and intersubband scattering due to polar and nonpolar optical phonons, acoustic phonons, and intercarrier scattering are included in the simulation. The polar optical mode description is given in terms of a two-pole dielectric continuum model for the alloy barriers. In the present work we focus on relaxation when the 2-1 subband spacing is smaller than the optical phonon energy so that suppression of the intersubband polar optical phonon scattering rate occurs. Our results for a single well show that intercarrier intersubband scattering dominates over acoustic phonon scattering during the initial relaxation of carriers from 2-1, with a strong contribution due to polar optical phonon emission from the tails of the heated distributions as well. We have studied optical pumping for a 3 level coupled quantum well system in which ΔE12 is less than h approximately ega0, and calculate the change in occupancy of the excited subbands through pumping of the 1-3 transition.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0028736423
SN - 0819414379
SN - 9780819414373
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
SP - 224
EP - 230
BT - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
A2 - Ferry, David K.
A2 - van Driel, Henry M.
T2 - Ultrafast Phenomena in Semiconductors
Y2 - 27 January 1994 through 28 January 1994
ER -