GaAs/AlGaAs量子级联激光器自脉动动力学

利用步进扫描时间分辨傅里叶变换红外光谱,研究了波长9.76μm GaAs/AlGaAs量子级联激光器的准连续波激射谱.在驱动电流周期内,时间上堆叠的发射谱能够观察到明显的光强自脉动现象.有源区中的自加热积累大大影响了电子的驰豫和输运性质.热引起的在注入区较高子能级中占据的载流子由于这些子能级与下一注入区的连续态形成共振条件而泄露,而耦合阱有源区中第四子能级的存在加快了这个过程.周期性破坏和恢复的共振条件所引起的载流子泄露在很大程度上导致了时域堆叠光谱的自脉动.     

Correlation between dark current RTS noise and defects for AlGaInP multiple-quantum-well laser diode

推导了AlGaInP多量子阱LD器件暗电流RTS 噪声与缺陷相关性模型,实验结果表明暗电流RTS 噪声由有源区异质结界面载流子数涨落引起。根据相关性模型,确定了缺陷类型,定量确定了缺陷能级。分析了暗电流RTS 噪声功率谱密度的转角频率。实验结果和理论预测一致。本文结论提供一种确定AlGaInP多量子阱LD器件有源区深能级的有效方法。     

GaAs-Al_(0.3)Ga_(0.7)As DH激光器近场光谱的研究

本文从近场光谱、分谱近场分布、分谱L-I特性和分区L-I特性等实验证明有源区Al不均匀引起L-I特性的非线性扭拆和光谱的多组纵模,并且解释了实验观察到的模式竞争和光脉动等现象.     

基于GaInAs/AlInAs中红外量子级联激光器的自洽电子子带能级结构研究

中红外(Mid-infrared, MIR)量子级联激光器(Quantum Cascade Laser, QCL）已被广泛应用于定向红外对抗、自由空间光通信、痕量气体传感等重要领域。利用Nextnano++软件进一步完善了自洽计算基于MIR QCL器件的薛定谔方程和泊松方程的理论方法。针对InP衬底上生长的GaInAs/AlInAs多量子阱MIR QCL器件,研究了四能级双声子共振QCL结构中有源区的电子子带能级结构,并对这些子带能级随器件工作温度、驱动电场、注入区掺杂浓度等变化的规律进行了系统研究,获得了与实验结果一致的理论结果。此工作为MIR QCL器件的生长和制备提供了理论设计和研究方法,为了解器件工作条件提供了理论预期,也为进一步提高MIR QCL的发光功率和效率提供了理论研究支撑。     

宽带隙半导体材料光电性能的测试

主要通过光致发光的实验手段,研究分析了在自支撑GaN衬底上生长的InGaN/GaN多量子阱(InGaN/GaN MQW)有源层中的载流子复合机制,实验中发现多量子阱的光致发光光谱中有一个与有源区中的深能级相关的额外的发光峰。在任何温度大功率激发条件下,自由激子的带边复合占主导地位,并且带边复合的强度随温度或激发功率的下降而减弱;在室温以下小功率激发条件下,局域化能级引入的束缚激子复合占主导地位,其复合强度随温度的下降而单调上升,随激发功率的下降而上升。带边复合在样品温度上升或者激发功率变大时发生蓝移,而局域的束缚激子复合辐射的峰值波长,随样品温度和激发功率的变化没有明显变化。     

共振声子THz QCL有源区结构设计

利用Airy函数代换与传输矩阵方法精确计算了有外加偏压下电子在共振声子太赫兹量子级联激光器有源区单个周期内的透射系数与波函数,得到了不同偏压下的电子波函数分布以及准束缚态能级位置与外加偏压的关系曲线.在仿真计算的基础上设计了一种共振声子太赫兹量子级联激光器的有源区结构.计算结果表明,对于设计的结构,当单个周期两端的外加...     

确定VCSEL电势及载流子自洽分布算法的研究

分别使用准Fermi能级和pn结模型决定VCSEL的有源层压降,建立了两种自洽确定VCSEL中电势及载流子分布的方法.针对电极电压变化和氧化层限制孔径变化的两种情况,在阈值附近对器件中的结电压分布、载流子浓度分布和注入有源层电流密度分布进行了计算;针对两者所得结果的差异进行了简要的分析,指出了二者的特点及适用范围.     

确定VCSEL电势及载流子自洽分布算法的研究

分别使用准Fermi能级和pn结模型决定VCSEL的有源层压降,建立了两种自洽确定VCSEL中电势及载流子分布的方法.针对电极电压变化和氧化层限制孔径变化的两种情况,在阈值附近对器件中的结电压分布、载流子浓度分布和注入有源层电流密度分布进行了计算;针对两者所得结果的差异进行了简要的分析,指出了二者的特点及适用范围.     

深能级对白光LED的电致发光和I-V特性的影响

为了研究一种无荧光粉的单芯片白光发光二极管(LED)的光电性质,实际测量了它的升温电致发光光谱和升温电流-电压(I-V)特性,并测量了相似结构的蓝光LED以作对比。实验发现白光LED的电致发光光谱中有一个与有源区中的深能级相关的较宽的长波长发光峰,根据这个发光峰的强度与温度之间的依赖关系,通过数据拟合,得到了深能级的平均激活能,约为199 meV。由于有源区中存在大量深能级,也对白光LED的I-V特性产生一定影响,有源区中的深能级成为额外的载流子源,使白光LED的I-V特性表现出独特的性质。     

InGaAsP/InP双异质结激光器发射的0.95μm发光带和俄歇复合

在1.3μm InGaAsP/lnP DH激光器发射谱中,我们观测到 0.95μm的短波发射带.实验分析表明这一发射带不是由结偏位引起,也不是有源区中导带到自旋轨道分裂价带的复合发光.当温度从200K到300K变化时,这发光带的峰值随温度的变化与经过自吸收的InP侧向光荧光谱一致.此发光帝的强度与有源区内载流子浓度三次方成正比.这说明此发光带是有源区内俄歇复合产生的高能载流子越过异质结势垒到InP 限制层中的复合发光.     

Resonant tunneling in quantum cascade lasers

Experimental evidence that in quantum cascade lasers electron injection into the active region is controlled by resonant tunneling between two-dimensional subbands is discussed. A quantitative analysis is carried out using an equation for the current density based on a tight-binding approximation. Electron injection into the active region is optimized when the current density is limited by the lifetime of the excited state of the laser transition. In this regime, quasi-equilibrium is reached between the population of the injector ground state and that of the excited state of the laser transition characterized by a common quasi-Fermi level. The design of the injector depends on the selected laser active region; in particular, the choice of physical parameters, such as doping concentration and injection barrier thicknesses, is in general different for vertical or diagonal transition lasers. The paper concludes with an investigation of the transport properties at threshold and its dependence on stimulated emission; a relationship between the differential resistance above threshold and the value of the slope efficiency is deduced     

利用边发射光致发光谱研究垂直腔面发射激光器材料的特性

在室温下测量了GaInP/AlGaInP垂直腔面发射激光器(VCSEL)的光致发光谱和反射谱.通过反射谱测量可以很容易得到激光器的腔模波长.但是用通常的背散射配置不能测得与有源区中量子阱有关的光致发光信号.用边激发配置可以测到量子阱的光致发光谱,但这样测得的光谱已经受到激光器中的分布布拉格反射镜(DBR)的调制.采用腐蚀去上DBR层的方法可以在背散射配置下测得量子阱的光致发光谱,但仍无法避免下DBR层对发光谱的调制作用.从而只有采用边激发 边发射模式才能测得VCSEL中量子阱的真实的光致发光谱.     

Terahertz emission and photoconductivity in n-type GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells: the role of resonant impurity states

Terahertz emission spectra in a longitudinal electric field and lateral photoconductivity spectra under terahertz illumination have been studied in structures with GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells (QWs). It is shown that the spectra contain features associated with electron transitions involving resonant impurity states related to the second quantum-well subband. Calculations of the energy spectrum of impurity states and matrix elements of optical transitions made by taking into account various positions of the impurity relative to the QW center confirm the assumptions made.     

Features of simultaneous ground- and excited-state lasing in quantum dot lasers

The lasing spectra and light-current (L-I) characteristics of an InAs/InGaAs quantum dot laser emitting in the simultaneous lasing mode at the ground- and excited-state optical transitions are studied. Lasing and spontaneous emission spectra are compared. It is shown that ground-state quenching of lasing is observed even in the absence of active region self-heating or an increase in homogeneous broadening with growth in the current density. It is found that the intensities of both lasing and spontaneous emission at the ground-state transition begin to decrease at a pump intensity that significantly exceeds the two-level lasing threshold. It is also found that different groups of quantum dots are involved in ground- and excited-state lasing.     

Origin of the radiative emission in blue-green light emitting diodes based on GaN/InGaN heterostructures

Phase separation effects induced by spinodal decomposition taking place in cubic In_xGa_1−xN epitaxial layers were investigated by means of resonant Raman scattering (RRS) and X-ray diffractometry (XRD) experiments. The alloy epilayers were grown by radio-frequency plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy on GaAs (001) substrates. Ab initio theoretical calculation of the alloy phase diagram predicts the formation of In-rich phases in the layers which is confirmed by the RRS and XRD experiments. Photoluminescence observed at room temperature and 30 K from the layers shows light emission in the blue-green region of the spectrum. RRS experiments demonstrated that the observed emission is directly linked to the In-rich separated phases (quantum dots) in the alloy. The results support the model that the origin of light emission in nitride-based light emitting diodes and laser diodes is related to quantum confinement effects taking place in quantum dots formed in the InGaN layers, active media of the devices.     

Photo-and electroluminescence in the 1.3-µm wavelength range from quantum-dot structures grown on GaAs substrates

A method is proposed to increase the emission wavelength from structures grown on GaAs substrates by inserting a strained InAs quantum dot array into an external InGaAs quantum well. The dependence of the luminescence peak position on the active region design was investigated for structures grown by this method. Room-temperature photo-and electroluminescence spectra in the 1.3-μm wavelength range are compared. Fiz. Tekh. Poluprovodn. 33, 180–183 (February 1999)     

Optical and Transport Characteristics of Quantum-Cascade Lasers With Optimized Second-Harmonic Generation

We present simulations of midinfrared quantum-cascade lasers (QCLs) with optimized second-harmonic generation (SHG). The optimized design was obtained utilizing techniques from supersymmetric quantum mechanics with both material-dependent effective mass and band nonparabolicity. Carrier transport and power output of the structure are analyzed by self-consistently solving rate equations for the carriers and photons. Nonunity pumping efficiency from one period of the QCL to the next is taken into account by including all relevant electron-electron and electron-longitudinal (LO) phonon scattering mechanisms between the injector/collector and active regions. Two-photon absorption processes are analyzed for the resonant cascading triple levels designed for enhancing SHG. Both sequential and simultaneous two-photon absorptions are included in the rate-equation model. The current-output characteristics for both structures are analyzed and compared. Stronger resonant tunneling in the optimized structure is manifested by enhanced negative differential resistance. Current-dependent linear optical output power is derived based on the steady-state photon populations in the active region. The second-harmonic-power is derived from the Maxwell equations with the phase mismatch included. Due to stronger coupling between lasing levels, the optimized structure has both higher linear and nonlinear output powers. Phase mismatch effect is significant for both structures leading to a substantial reduction of the linear-to-nonlinear conversion efficiency. The optimized structure can be fabricated through digitally grading the submonolayer alloys by molecular beam epitaxy technique     

外腔面发射激光器自发辐射谱的热特性

热效应是限制外腔面发射激光器(VECSEL)输出功率和光束质量的主要原因。为了优化VECSEL增益芯片有源区量子阱的设计,降低激光器的热效应,提高斜效率和输出功率,采用光致荧光谱方法,对设计波长980nm VECSEL自发辐射谱的热特性进行了实验研究。取得了不同热沉温度下边发射和面发射谱随温度的变化数据。结果表明,反映有源区量子阱自身特性的边发射谱峰值波长随温度升高的红移速率是0.5nm/K,而受到增益芯片多层结构调制的面发射谱峰值波长随温度升高的红移速率只有0.1nm/K;由于受到VECSEL增益芯片中微腔的限制,面发射谱分离为多个模式,分别与微腔的腔模对应。可见对量子阱的发射波长及微腔腔长做预偏置优化处理,可以显著改善激光器的输出性能。     

AlGaInP visible resonant cavity light-emitting diodes

Visible (670-nm) resonant cavity light-emitting diodes (RCLEDs) composed entirely of AlGaInP alloys are discussed. The devices consist of a strained quantum well optical cavity active region surrounded by AlInP/(AlGa)InP distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs). The bottom DBR is a 60.5 period high reflector while the top partial reflector, which determines the emission linewidth, is a five-period output coupling DBR with a reflectance of about 57%. The devices exhibit linewidths of 4.8 nm (13.3 meV) at 300 K and are promising for plastic fiber communication systems and monochromatic displays     

Pulse operation and threshold characteristics of 1.55-μmInAlGaAs-InAlAs VCSELs

All-monolithic air-post index-guided vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers have been demonstrated under pulsed electrical injection at room temperature. The structure grown in single step by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition employs InP lattice matched InAlAs/InAlGaAs Bragg mirrors and a 2λ-thick periodic gain active region with 15 InGaAs quantum wells (QWs). We report threshold current characteristics of these devices grown on a 2-in wafer with wide emission wavelength range of 1.51~1.59 μm. For the devices larger than 30-μm in diameter, we found the minimum threshold current density of ~2.93 kA/cm² at the emission wavelength of 1.57 μm, corresponding to about 20 nm wavelength offset between photoluminescence peak of InGaAs QWs and resonant cavity wavelength