TY - GEN
T1 - A computationally efficient, non-equilibrium, carrier temperature dependent semiconductor gain model for FDTD simulation of optoelectronic devices
AU - Ravi, Koustuban
AU - Huang, Yingyan
AU - Ho, Seng Tiong
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - We report a Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) model incorporating carrier heating/cooling for the first time. The proposed model thermalizes non equilibrium carrier distributions through carrier temperature dependent intraband transition terms. This multi-level, multi-electron model is formulated to be computationally efficient despite its physical complexity and hence presents potential for the development of powerful general optoelectronic device simulators for devices of arbitrary geometry. Results of carrier distribution thermalization and comparisons to non linear gain experiments are provided to validate the model.
AB - We report a Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) model incorporating carrier heating/cooling for the first time. The proposed model thermalizes non equilibrium carrier distributions through carrier temperature dependent intraband transition terms. This multi-level, multi-electron model is formulated to be computationally efficient despite its physical complexity and hence presents potential for the development of powerful general optoelectronic device simulators for devices of arbitrary geometry. Results of carrier distribution thermalization and comparisons to non linear gain experiments are provided to validate the model.
KW - Finite Difference Methods
KW - Semiconductor Device Modelling
KW - Semiconductor Opical Amplifiers
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U2 - 10.1109/NUSOD.2011.6041166
DO - 10.1109/NUSOD.2011.6041166
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:80054912502
SN - 9781612848785
T3 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, NUSOD
SP - 113
EP - 114
BT - 11th International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, NUSOD 2011
T2 - 11th International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, NUSOD 2011
Y2 - 5 September 2011 through 8 September 2011
ER -