Semiconductor Physics Group
Semiconductor Physics Group, Cavendish Laboratory
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Samir RihaniE-mail: sr444 (at) cam.ac.ukOffice phone number: +44 (0)1223 764176 Fax: +44 (0)1223 337271 Secretary: +44 (0)1223 337482 Address:
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I am a PhD student at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, and a member of Clare Hall College.
Supervisors: Prof. Sir Michael Pepper and Prof. David Ritchie.
Research interests:
- Terahertz generation using low temperature grown GaAs photoconductive switches
- Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers
- Intersubband Transitions in Quantum Wells
Publications:
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S. Rihani, R. Faulks, H. Beere, D. Ritchie, M. Evans, I. Gregory, H. Page and M. Pepper, Effect of defect saturation on terahertz emission and detection properties of low temperature GaAs photoconductive switches, Applied Physics Letters 95, 051106 (2009).
S. Rihani, H. Page, H. E. Beere , D. Ritchie, and M. Pepper, Design and simulation of a THz QCL based on Gamma-X depopulation mechanism , Physica E 41, 1240 (2009).
S. Rihani, H. Page and H. Beere, Quasibound states in Semiconductor Quantum Well Structures, Supperlattices and Microstructures 47, 288 (2010).
(An up-to-date list can also be found here.)
Conference Papers:
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S. Rihani, H. Page, and M. Pepper, A Finite Element Method Application to Semiconductor Quantum Well Structures: Nonparabolic bound and quasibound states determination , Theory, Modelling and
Computational Methods for Semiconductor Materials and Nanostructures (TMCS), Manchester, UK,
2008.
S. Rihani, R. Faulks, H. Beere, D. Ritchie, M. Evans, and M. Pepper, Enhanced THz emission at low excitation powers from a multi-layered LT-GaAs structure with a mesa defined photoconductive gap, UK Semiconductors, Sheffield, UK, 2009.
S. Rihani, H. Beere, and D. Ritchie, A THz Quantum Cascade Laser Design Based on Resonant Gamma-X Depopulation Mechanism, Tenth International Conference on Intersubband Transitions in Quantum Wells (ITQW), Montreal, Canada, 2009.
