Characteristics of planar diodes based on heavily doped GaAs/AlAs superlattices in the terahertz frequency region

Characteristics of ohmic InGaAs contacts in planar diodes based on semiconductor superlattices with a small-area active region (1–10 μm²) are studied. The diodes were formed on the basis of short (18 or 30 periods) heavily doped (10¹⁸ cm⁻³) GaAs/AlAs superlattices with a miniband width of 24.4 meV. The reduced resistance of the ohmic contact was equal to 2×10⁻⁷ Ω cm² at room temperature. It is shown that the properties of fabricated planar diodes make it possible to use these diodes later on in semiconductor devices that operate in the terahertz frequency region in a wide temperature range (4–300 K). __________ Translated from Fizika i Tekhnika Poluprovodnikov, Vol. 38, No. 9, 2004, pp. 1141–1146. Original Russian Text Copyright ? 2004 by Pavel’ev, Demarina, Koshurinov, Vasil’ev, Semenova, Zhukov, Ustinov.     

Photoemission of polarized electrons from InAlGaAs/GaAs superlattices with minimum conduction band offsets

Photoemission of polarized electrons from heterostructures based on InAlGaAs/GaAs superlattices with minimum conduction-band offsets is investigated. The comparison of the excitation energy dependence of the photoemission polarization degree with the calculated spectra make it possible to determine the polarization losses at different stages of the photoemission. A maximum polarization of P = 91% and a quantum yield of 0.14% are close to the best results obtained for photocathodes on the basis of strained semiconductor superlattices.     

Continuous-wave lasing of single-mode metamorphic quantum dot lasers for the 1.5-μm spectral region

Lasers based on InAs/InGaAs quantum dots grown on metamorphic (In,Ga,Al)As layers deposited by MBE on GaAs substrates exhibited emission near 1.5 μm with a differential quantum efficiency of about 50%. The narrow-stripe lasers operate in a single transverse mode and withstand continuous current density above 20 kA cm^?2 without significant degradation. A maximum continuous-wave output power of 220 mW is obtained. Neither current nor beam filamentation was observed up to the highest pumping levels.     

Investigation and Elaboration of Methods of Multicolor Optical Thermometry

The various complex mathematical transformations previously proposed for eliminating methodological errors of multicolor radiation pyrometry are mainly reduced to the determination of such combinations of wavelengths or corrections of registered brightness for the spectral distribution of the radiating capacity of the object being thermometered at which its equivalent radiating capacity is equal to unity. Mathematical formulas of the determining parameters of multicolor pyrometry of radiation have been obtained. Engineering techniques for calculating the critical values of the determining and adjustable parameters at which the application of multicolor optical thermometry is excluded because of large errors have been developed. Algorithms of a priori and a posteriori calibration systems of multicolor pyrometry of radiation of objects with practically any spectral distribution of the radiating capacity are proposed.     

Calculation of the periodic powder screening process

Translated from Khimicheskoe i Neftyanoe Mashinostroenie, No. 1, pp. 17–18, January, 1992.     

Fast, realistic lighting for video games

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