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arXiv 1208.6441cond-mat.mtrl-scicond-mat.mes-hallphysics.comp-phquant-ph
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稀氮化物和铋化物半导体激光器中的能带工程

Band engineering in dilute nitride and bismide semiconductor lasers

Christopher A. Broderick, Muhammad Usman, Stephen J. Sweeney, Eoin P. O'Reilly

摘要:

高度失配的半导体合金如GaNAs和GaBiAs具有几种新颖的电子性质,包括随着x的增加能隙的快速减小,以及对于GaBiAs,随着Bi组分的增加自旋轨道分裂能的强烈增加.我们在这里审查的电子结构的合金和它们的后果理想的激光器。然后,我们描述了在实际的GaInNAs远程通信激光器的演示取得的实质性进展。这些具有与传统InP基器件相当的特性。这包括对阈值电流的强俄歇贡献。然而,我们发现,在GaBiAs和GaBiNAs中的大的自旋轨道分裂能量可能导致抑制占主导地位的俄歇复合损耗机制,最终打开了有效的温度稳定的远程通信和更长波长的激光器的路径,显著降低功耗。

英文摘要:

Highly mismatched semiconductor alloys such as GaNAs and GaBiAs have several novel electronic properties, including a rapid reduction in energy gap with increasing x and also, for GaBiAs, a strong increase in spin orbit- splitting energy with increasing Bi composition. We review here the electronic structure of such alloys and their consequences for ideal lasers. We then describe the substantial progress made in the demonstration of actual GaInNAs telecomm lasers. These have characteristics comparable to conventional InP-based devices. This includes a strong Auger contribution to the threshold current. We show, however, that the large spin-orbit-splitting energy in GaBiAs and GaBiNAs could lead to the suppression of the dominant Auger recombination loss mechanism, finally opening the route to efficient temperature-stable telecomm and longer wavelength lasers with significantly reduced power consumption.

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