Abstract
A new approach for simulating the dynamics of electrons, phonons, and photons is described. The technique provides a Monte Carlo simulation of particle dynamics without the statistical noise associated with direct Monte Carlo simulation, treats physical phenomena with a wide range of time scales, and has a good computational efficiency. A transition matrix is first precomputed by direct Monte Carlo simulation. Particle populations are then updated at regular time steps by simple matrix multiplication while correcting for nonlinear effects such as carrier–carrier scattering, band filling, hot phonons, etc. The technique is well suited to studies of quantum well laser devices and pump-probe experiments where direct Monte Carlo simulation is exceedingly difficult.
Date of this Version
1995
Published in:
Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol. 67, No. 4, 24 July 1995
Comments
Copyright (1994) American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Appl. Phys. Lett. 67 (4), 24 July 1995 and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.114553. The following article has been submitted to/accepted by Applied Physics Letters. Copyright (1995) Muhammad A. Alam and Mark S. Lundstrom. This article is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.