Monte Carlo simulation of multiple quantum well and superlattice infrared photodetectors

Anna-Maija Karkkainen; Eustace L. Dereniak

doi:10.1117/12.179694

15 July 1994 Monte Carlo simulation of multiple quantum well and superlattice infrared photodetectors

Anna-Maija Karkkainen, Eustace L. Dereniak

Proceedings Volume 2225, Infrared Detectors and Focal Plane Arrays III; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.179694
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1994, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

A Monte Carlo program for simulating multiple quantum well and superlattice IR detectors is described. The model is quasi-2D and uses an effective mass approximation for the superlattice minibands. These approximations make it possible to run the program with the computing power of a workstation. The average velocity of the electrons is computed as function of the bias voltage.

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Anna-Maija Karkkainen and Eustace L. Dereniak "Monte Carlo simulation of multiple quantum well and superlattice infrared photodetectors", Proc. SPIE 2225, Infrared Detectors and Focal Plane Arrays III, (15 July 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.179694

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