ErwinJr2

User Manual

  • Introduction
  • Installation Guide for ErwinJr2
  • Graphical User Interface Guide
  • Command Line Guide
  • Physics Model and Formulas
    • Quantum Tab
    • Optics tab
  • Acknowledgment

For Developers

  • Code Structure
  • Version Control, Continuous Integration and Deployment
  • Profiling
  • qc_plotter module
  • opt_strata module
  • material module
  • save_load module and saving file structure
  • Python Interface of C code
  • C code
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  • Physics Model and Formulas
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Physics Model and Formulas

A detailed physics modeling used in ErwinJr2 can be found in [Lyu21]. The following provides a rough introduction.

  • Quantum Tab
    • Eigenstates in the QC structure
    • Shooting Algorithm for the Eigen-problem
    • Matrix Algorithm for the Eigen-problem
    • Scattering mechanism: LO phonon
    • Scattering mechanism: interface roughness (IFR)
    • Optical gain and threshold current
    • References
  • Optics tab
    • Transfer Matrix Methods for Optical stratum
    • Confinement factor
    • Mirror loss
    • Threshold current
    • Effective medium theory for QC layers
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