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| In the following example we are going to show how the spectra of a Light Emitting Diode (LED) can be calculated with the **nextnano++** software. | In the following example we are going to show how the spectra of a Light Emitting Diode (LED) can be calculated with the **nextnano++** software. | ||
| + | This example does not include the Schrödinger equation. | ||
| ==== Physics model ==== | ==== Physics model ==== | ||
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| $R_{\rm sp}(x)$ depends on position $x$ because the densities depend on position. | $R_{\rm sp}(x)$ depends on position $x$ because the densities depend on position. | ||
| The bimolecular recombination coefficient $c_{\rm rad}$ is a material dependent constant and has units ${\rm cm}^3/{\rm s}$. | The bimolecular recombination coefficient $c_{\rm rad}$ is a material dependent constant and has units ${\rm cm}^3/{\rm s}$. | ||
| + | The order of magnitude is around $10^{-10}{\rm cm}^3/{\rm s}$. | ||
| This recombination rate is coupled into the drift-diffusion equation and the stationary solution of the problem, | This recombination rate is coupled into the drift-diffusion equation and the stationary solution of the problem, | ||
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| output_intrinsic_density{} | output_intrinsic_density{} | ||
| energy_distribution{ # Calculation of carrier densities as a function of energy | energy_distribution{ # Calculation of carrier densities as a function of energy | ||
| - | min = -5 # Integrate from | + | min = -5.0 # Integrate from |
| - | max = 5 # Integrate to | + | max = 5.0 # Integrate to |
| energy_resolution = 0.05 # Integration resolution | energy_resolution = 0.05 # Integration resolution | ||
| + | emission_spectrum = yes # Output classical emission spectrum (both, photon count and intensity) | ||
| } | } | ||
| } | } | ||
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| <Code> | <Code> | ||
| energy_distribution{ # Calculation of carrier densities as a function of energy | energy_distribution{ # Calculation of carrier densities as a function of energy | ||
| - | min = -5 # Integrate from | + | min = -5.0 # Integrate from |
| - | max = 5 # Integrate to | + | max = 5.0 # Integrate to |
| energy_resolution = 0.05 # Integration resolution | energy_resolution = 0.05 # Integration resolution | ||
| + | emission_spectrum = yes # | ||
| } | } | ||
| </Code> | </Code> | ||
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| ;#; | ;#; | ||
| - | <dataplot center linepoints xrange=-50.0:50.0 yrange=-2.5:2.5 xlabel="Position (nm)" ylabel="Energy (eV)" ylegends="Gamma LH HH SO Fermi_{electron} Fermi_{hole}" 600x400> | + | <dataplot center linepoints xrange=-50.0:50.0 yrange=-2.5:2.5 xlabel="Position (nm)" ylabel="Energy (eV)" ylegends="Gamma LH HH SO Fermi_{electron} Fermi_{hole}" title="Band edge profile of a pin diode" 600x400> |
| -85 -0.8 -0.8 -0.8 -0.8 -0.8 -0.8 | -85 -0.8 -0.8 -0.8 -0.8 -0.8 -0.8 | ||
| -84.801 -0.8 -0.8 -0.8 -0.8 -0.8 -0.8 | -84.801 -0.8 -0.8 -0.8 -0.8 -0.8 -0.8 | ||
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| </dataplot> | </dataplot> | ||
| ;#; | ;#; | ||
| - | <caption>Emission spectrum (Intensity) of the **p-i-n** diode structure in units of 1/eV.</caption> | + | <caption>Emission spectrum (intensity) of the **p-i-n** diode structure in units of 1/eV.</caption> |
| </figure> | </figure> | ||
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| */ | */ | ||
| + | The input file can be downloaded from {{nnp:optics:ledsim_zb_-_p-i-n_device.zip?linkonly | here }} | ||
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