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Microscopic laser simulation for multi-quantum-well devices must include conventional carrier transport, properties of carriers bound in the quantum wells, and the photon modes in the optical cavity. Physical models unique to the laser simulation problem include capture of carriers into the quantum wells and stimulated emission, both fundamentally requiring quantum mechanical calculations. The implementation of a semiclassical carrier capture model into a fully self-consistent laser simulator is discussed. The impact of the capture process is illustrated for a two-quantum-well laser.
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Hybertsen, M., Witzigmann, B., Alam, M. et al. Role of Carrier Capture in Microscopic Simulation of Multi-Quantum-Well Semiconductor Laser Diodes. Journal of Computational Electronics 1, 113–118 (2002). http://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020732215449
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