CAD Tool for Terahertz Device Development

Abstract

The overall objective of this project is to develop a commercial quality, validated computer aided design (CAD) tool, THz quantum based semiconductor devices. THz device design must account for quantum effects such as quantum resonant modes, quantum mode mixing, tunneling, intersubband transitions, side wall scattering, and surface recombination. Currently, there are no CAD tools available that incorporate all the proper physics for designing THz quantum devices. The proposed quantum CAD tool will be a device simulator with the ability to investigate the operation of and generate reduced models (S-parameters) for quantum based, electronic and photonic THz sources and detectors such as quantum cascade lasers, superlattices, and multiple quantum wells.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA385541

Entities

People

  • A. J. Przekwas
  • C. Wordelman
  • G. Klimeck
  • P. Stout
  • W. Yuan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Band Structures
  • Crystal Lattice Vibrations
  • Electron Density
  • Electronics Industry
  • Electronics Laboratories
  • Energy Bands
  • Energy Levels
  • Fermi Levels
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Power Electronics
  • Quantum Cascade Lasers
  • Quantum Wells
  • Resonant Tunneling Diodes
  • Semiconductor Devices
  • Semiconductors
  • Tunnel Diodes

Fields of Study

  • Materials science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics
  • Quantum Computing