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Towards Laser Cooling of Semiconductors.

Hassani nia, Iman.

Towards Laser Cooling of Semiconductors.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Towards Laser Cooling of Semiconductors.
Author:	Hassani nia, Iman.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2016
Description:	256 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-05(E), Section: B.
Notes:	Adviser: Hooman Mohseni.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International78-05B(E).
Subject:	Electrical engineering.
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10193446
ISBN:	9781369447828

Towards Laser Cooling of Semiconductors.
Hassani nia, Iman.

Towards Laser Cooling of Semiconductors. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2016 - 256 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-05(E), Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northwestern University, 2016.

This dissertation reports on novel theoretical concepts as well as experimental efforts toward laser cooling of semiconductors. The use of quantum well system brings the opportunity to engineer bandstructure, effective masses and the spatial distribution of electrons and holes. This permits the incorporation of novel quantum mechanical phenomena to manipulate the temperature change of the material upon light-matter interaction. Inspired by the fact that Coulomb interaction can lead to blueshift of radiation after photo-absorption, the theory of Coulomb assisted laser cooling is proposed and investigated for the first time. In order to design suitable multiple quantum well (MQW) structures with Coulomb interaction a Poisson-Schrodinger solver was devised using MATLAB software. The software is capable of simulating all III-V material compositions and it results have been confirmed experimentally. In the next step, different MQW designs were proposed and optimized to exploit Coulomb interaction for assisting of optical refrigeration. One of the suitable designs with standard InGaAsP/InAlAs/InP layers was used to grow the MQW structures using metal organic vapor deposition (MOCVD). Novel techniques of fabrication were implemented to make suspended structures for detecting ultralow thermal powers. By fabricating accurate thermometers, the temperature changes of the device upon laser absorption were measured. The accurate measurement of the temperature encouraged us to characterize the electrical response of the device as another important tool to promote our understanding of the 4 underlying physical phenomena. This is in addition to the accurate spectral and time-resolved photoluminescence measurements that provided us with a wealth of information about the effects of stress, Auger recombination and excitonic radiance in such structures.

ISBN: 9781369447828Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Electrical engineering.

Towards Laser Cooling of Semiconductors.
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