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For two periods of quantum-cascade laser structures, we propose a system of closed balance equations that make it possible to calculate the occupancy of the energy levels, the quasi-Fermi levels, and also the injection current density taking into account different charge carrier scattering mechanisms.
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Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 74, No. 6, pp. 801–804, November–December, 2007.
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Ushakov, D.V., Manak, I.S. Two-period model for calculation of level populations in subbands of multi-period quantum-cascade superlattice structures. J Appl Spectrosc 74, 892–896 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10812-007-0138-0
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