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The nextnano.QCL software for Quantum Cascade Lasers

This website describes the nextnano.QCL software, a NEGF quantum transport code written by Thomas Grange. The nextnano.QCL software has been developed to simulate periodic heterostructures like superlattices and quantum cascade lasers (QCLs). It can also be used to simulate resonant tunneling diodes (RTDs).

The software calculates current-voltage characteristics and gain.

This software is based on a quantum transport method that follows the nonequilibrium Green's function (NEGF) framework. The code can be executed using the nextnanomat software.

Which scattering mechanisms are included?

  • Longitudinal polar-optical phonon scattering (polar LO phonon scattering)
  • Acoustic phonon scattering
  • Charged impurity scattering
  • Interface roughness scattering
  • Alloy scattering
  • Electron-electron scattering is included in the mean-field approximation

How do I obtain the nextnano.QCL code?

Please download it from here. Additionally, it is strongly recommend to contact support@nextnano.com and inform us that you are interested in this tool. We can then assist you and provide new updates to you.

How do I execute nextnano.QCL?

Open the nextnanomat GUI, open a nextnano.QCL input file and press the Run button.

nextnano.QCL.exe <input file name> <output folder name> <material database name>

Example:
nextnano.QCL.exe "..\nextnano.QCL sample files\MidIR_QCL_YuSlivkenRazeghi_SST2010.xml" "..\Output" .\Material_Database.xml

Are there any tutorial input files available?

  • Tutorial - GaAs/AlGaAs THz QCL
    Terahertz quantum cascade lasers operating up to ~ 200 K with optimized oscillator strength and improved injection tunneling
    S. Fathololoumi, E. Dupont, C.W.I. Chan, Z.R. Wasilewski, S.R. Laframboise, D. Ban, A. Mátyás, C. Jirauschek, Q. Hu, H. C. Liu
    Optics Express 20, 3866 (2012)
  • Tutorial - InGaAs/InAlAs Mid-IR QCL
    Injector doping level-dependent continous-wave operation of InP-based QCLs at λ = 7.3 µm above room temperature
    J. S. Yu, S. Slivken, M. Razeghi
    Semiconductor Science and Technology 25, 125015 (2010)

Further tutorials can be found here: Tutorials

Where can I find some background on the implemented physics?

The NEGF method for QCLs is decribed in the following publications where the nextnano.QCL code was used.

The nextnano.QCL software has been developed by Thomas Grange. It is written in C#. For publications of Thomas Grange, see his profile on Google Scholar.

The nextnano.QCL software is distributed by the nextnano GmbH.

For questions or feedback about the software, please contact support@nextnano.com.

qcl/the_nextnano.qcl_software.1489584290.txt.gz · Last modified: 2017/03/15 13:24 by thomas.grange