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Energy spectrum and thermal properties of a terahertz quantum-cascade laser based on the resonant-phonon depopulation scheme

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The dependences of the electronic-level positions and transition oscillator strengths on an applied electric field are studied for a terahertz quantum-cascade laser (THz QCL) with the resonant-phonon depopulation scheme, based on a cascade consisting of three quantum wells. The electric-field strengths for two characteristic states of the THz QCL under study are calculated: (i) “parasitic” current flow in the structure when the lasing threshold has not yet been reached; (ii) the lasing threshold is reached. Heat-transfer processes in the THz QCL under study are simulated to determine the optimum supply and cooling conditions. The conditions of thermocompression bonding of the laser ridge stripe with an n +-GaAs conductive substrate based on Au–Au are selected to produce a mechanically stronger contact with a higher thermal conductivity.

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  1. Institute of Ultrahigh Frequency Semiconductor Electronics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nagornyi pr. 7, str. 5, Moscow, 117105, Russia

    R. A. Khabibullin, N. V. Shchavruk, A. N. Klochkov, I. A. Glinskiy, N. V. Zenchenko, D. S. Ponomarev & P. P. Maltsev

  2. National Research University of Electronic Technology (MIET), 4806 proezd 5, Zelenograd, Moscow oblast, 124498, Russia

    A. A. Zaycev

  3. Saint Petersburg Academic University—Nanotechnology Research and Education Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Khlopina 8/3, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia

    F. I. Zubov, A. E. Zhukov, G. E. Cirlin & Zh. I. Alferov

  4. Saint Petersburg Science Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 5, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia

    A. E. Zhukov, G. E. Cirlin & Zh. I. Alferov

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Original Russian Text © R.A. Khabibullin, N.V. Shchavruk, A.N. Klochkov, I.A. Glinskiy, N.V. Zenchenko, D.S. Ponomarev, P.P. Maltsev, A.A. Zaycev, F.I. Zubov, A.E. Zhukov, G.E. Cirlin, Zh.I. Alferov, 2017, published in Fizika i Tekhnika Poluprovodnikov, 2017, Vol. 51, No. 4, pp. 540–546.

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Khabibullin, R.A., Shchavruk, N.V., Klochkov, A.N. et al. Energy spectrum and thermal properties of a terahertz quantum-cascade laser based on the resonant-phonon depopulation scheme. Semiconductors 51, 514–519 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106378261704008X

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