Modeling of fluctuations in dynamical optoelectronic device simulations within a Maxwell-density matrix Langevin approach

Autor: Johannes Popp, Johannes Stowasser, Michael A. Schreiber, Lukas Seitner, Felix Hitzelhammer, Michael Haider, Gabriela Slavcheva, Christian Jirauschek
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: APL Quantum, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 016109-016109-21 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2835-0103
DOI: 10.1063/5.0183828
Popis: We present a full-wave Maxwell-density matrix simulation tool including c-number stochastic noise terms for the modeling of the spatiotemporal dynamics in active photonic devices, such as quantum cascade lasers and quantum dot structures. The coherent light–matter interaction in such devices plays an important role in the generation of frequency combs and other nonlinear and non-classical optical phenomena. Since the emergence of nonlinear and non-classical features is directly linked to the noise properties, detailed simulations of the noise characteristics are required for the development of low-noise quantum optoelectronic sources. Our semiclassical simulation framework is based on the Lindblad equation for the electron dynamics, coupled with Maxwell’s equations for optical propagation in the laser waveguide. Fluctuations arising from the interactions of the optical field and quantum system with their reservoirs are treated within the quantum Langevin theory. Here, the fluctuations are included by adding stochastic c-number terms to the Maxwell-density matrix equations. The implementation in the mbsolve dynamic simulation framework is publicly available.
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