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Molecular Dynamics Thermal Conductivity Computation of a Quantum Cascade Laser Diode Super-Lattice
Utah Space Grant Consortium
  • Kyle Horne, Utah State University
  • Thomas Antoni, Utah State University
  • Sebastian Volz
  • Mathieu Carras
  • Virginie Trinité
  • Heng Ban, Utah State University - Faculty Advisor
Location
Hill Aerospace Museum, Theater
Start Date
5-6-2014 1:54 PM
Description

This paper reports work in which molecular dynamics are used to simulate a single cascade of a quantum cascade laser diode with the intent of computing the effective thermal conductivity in the cross-plane direction. The Tersoff potential is used with coefficients found from the literature for inter-atomic forces, and the Green-Kubo relation is used to compute the conductivity from the integral of the system heat flux autocorrelation. The computed conductivity lies in the same range as measurements found in the literature.

Citation Information
Kyle Horne, Thomas Antoni, Sebastian Volz, Mathieu Carras, et al.. "Molecular Dynamics Thermal Conductivity Computation of a Quantum Cascade Laser Diode Super-Lattice" (2014)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/heng-ban/30/