A hybrid quantum-classical modeling approach for electrically driven quantum light sources

Markus Kantner; Markus Mittnenzweig; Thomas Koprucki

doi:10.1117/12.2289185

23 February 2018 A hybrid quantum-classical modeling approach for electrically driven quantum light sources

Markus Kantner, Markus Mittnenzweig, Thomas Koprucki

Proceedings Volume 10526, Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XXVI; 1052603 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2289185
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2018, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

The design of electrically driven quantum light sources based on semiconductor quantum dots, such as singlephoton emitters and nanolasers, asks for modeling approaches combining classical device physics with cavity quantum electrodynamics. In particular, one has to connect the well-established fields of semi-classical semiconductor transport theory and the theory of open quantum systems. We present a first step in this direction by coupling the van Roosbroeck system with a Markovian quantum master equation in Lindblad form. The resulting hybrid quantum-classical system obeys the fundamental laws of non-equilibrium thermodynamics and provides a comprehensive description of quantum dot devices on multiple scales: It enables the calculation of quantum optical figures of merit (e.g. the second order intensity correlation function) together with the spatially resolved simulation of the current flow in realistic semiconductor device geometries in a unified way.

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Markus Kantner, Markus Mittnenzweig, and Thomas Koprucki "A hybrid quantum-classical modeling approach for electrically driven quantum light sources", Proc. SPIE 10526, Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XXVI, 1052603 (23 February 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2289185

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