TY  - JOUR
AU  - Vuković, Nikola
AU  - Daničić, Aleksandar
AU  - Radovanović, Jelena V.
AU  - Milanović, Vitomir B.
AU  - Indjin, Dragan
PY  - 2015
UR  - https://vinar.vin.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/471
AB  - One of the challenges in the design of metamaterials unit cells is the reduction of losses caused by the metallic inclusions. In order to overcome this obstacle, it has been proposed to use the active medium as the unit cell. Quantum cascade lasers are great candidates for the active medium materials since they are able to provide high values of optical gain. In this paper we investigate and compare two quantum cascade structures optimized for emission frequencies lower than 2 THz and simulate the effect of a strong magnetic field applied perpendicularly to the layers. Comprehensive description of conduction-band nonparabolicity is used to calculate the electronic structure, and subsequently evaluate the longitudinal optical phonon and interface roughness scattering rates and solve the system of rate equations which govern the distribution of carriers among the Landau levels. Once we assess the degree of population inversion, we have all the necessary information about the permittivity component along the growth direction of the structure and may determine the conditions under which the structure displays negative refraction.
T2  - Optical and Quantum Electronics
T1  - Possibilities of achieving negative refraction in QCL-based semiconductor metamaterials in the THz spectral range
VL  - 47
IS  - 4
SP  - 883
EP  - 891
DO  - 10.1007/s11082-014-0020-2
ER  - 

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author = "Vuković, Nikola and Daničić, Aleksandar and Radovanović, Jelena V. and Milanović, Vitomir B. and Indjin, Dragan",
year = "2015",
abstract = "One of the challenges in the design of metamaterials unit cells is the reduction of losses caused by the metallic inclusions. In order to overcome this obstacle, it has been proposed to use the active medium as the unit cell. Quantum cascade lasers are great candidates for the active medium materials since they are able to provide high values of optical gain. In this paper we investigate and compare two quantum cascade structures optimized for emission frequencies lower than 2 THz and simulate the effect of a strong magnetic field applied perpendicularly to the layers. Comprehensive description of conduction-band nonparabolicity is used to calculate the electronic structure, and subsequently evaluate the longitudinal optical phonon and interface roughness scattering rates and solve the system of rate equations which govern the distribution of carriers among the Landau levels. Once we assess the degree of population inversion, we have all the necessary information about the permittivity component along the growth direction of the structure and may determine the conditions under which the structure displays negative refraction.",
journal = "Optical and Quantum Electronics",
title = "Possibilities of achieving negative refraction in QCL-based semiconductor metamaterials in the THz spectral range",
volume = "47",
number = "4",
pages = "883-891",
doi = "10.1007/s11082-014-0020-2"
}

Vuković, N., Daničić, A., Radovanović, J. V., Milanović, V. B.,& Indjin, D.. (2015). Possibilities of achieving negative refraction in QCL-based semiconductor metamaterials in the THz spectral range. in Optical and Quantum Electronics, 47(4), 883-891.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-014-0020-2

Vuković N, Daničić A, Radovanović JV, Milanović VB, Indjin D. Possibilities of achieving negative refraction in QCL-based semiconductor metamaterials in the THz spectral range. in Optical and Quantum Electronics. 2015;47(4):883-891.
doi:10.1007/s11082-014-0020-2 .

Vuković, Nikola, Daničić, Aleksandar, Radovanović, Jelena V., Milanović, Vitomir B., Indjin, Dragan, "Possibilities of achieving negative refraction in QCL-based semiconductor metamaterials in the THz spectral range" in Optical and Quantum Electronics, 47, no. 4 (2015):883-891,
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-014-0020-2 . .