Published June 1, 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

Spontaneous emission of semiconductors in the Wigner approach

  • 1. Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute for High Energy Density, Izhorskaya Street 13-19, Moscow 127412 (Russian Federation)
  • 2. Department of Physics and Material Sciences Centre, Philipps University, Renthof 5, D-35032 Marburg (Germany)
  • 3. Department of Physics, Rostock University, Universitaetsplatz 3, D-18051 Rostock (Germany)

Description

This paper presents a first step towards combining two well-established methods used in semiconductor physics-semiconductor Bloch equations and the Wigner approach to quantum transport. This combination provides the possibility of including spontaneous emission, i.e., the spontaneous recombination of excited electron-hole pairs in semiconductors, into the Wigner approach, which so far has been used only for systems with fixed particle number. The theory is presented and first numerical results for a three-dimensional system are shown

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/1464-4266/5/S299/ob3361.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Optics. B, Quantum and Semiclassical Optics (Print) (ISSN 1464-4266) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Optics. B, Quantum and Semiclassical Optics (Print)
Journal Volume
5
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. S299-S305
ISSN
1464-4266

Conference

Title
Wigner centennial conference
Dates
8-12 Jul 2002
Place
Pecs (Hungary)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
34073114
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BLOCH EQUATIONS; ELECTRONS; HOLES; RECOMBINATION; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SUPERRADIANCE; WIGNER THEORY
Descriptors DEC
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EMISSION; ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS; EQUATIONS; FERMIONS; LEPTONS; MATERIALS; PHOTON EMISSION; STIMULATED EMISSION