Mid-infrared electroluminescence from InAs self-assembled quantum dots

D. Wasserman; S. H. Howard; C. Gmachl; S. A. Lyon; J. Cederberg; E. A. Shaner

doi:10.1117/12.689191

19 October 2006 Mid-infrared electroluminescence from InAs self-assembled quantum dots

D. Wasserman, S. H. Howard, C. Gmachl, S. A. Lyon, J. Cederberg, E. A. Shaner

Proceedings Volume 6386, Optical Methods in the Life Sciences; 63860E (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.689191
Event: Optics East 2006, 2006, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Abstract

Electroluminescence from self-assembled InAs quantum dots in cascade-like unipolar heterostructures is demonstrated. Initial results show weak luminescence signals in the mid-infrared from such structures, though more recent designs exhibit significantly stronger luminescence with improved designs of the active region of these devices. Further studies of mid-infrared emitting quantum dot structures have shown anisotropically polarized emission at multiple wavelengths. A qualitative explanation of such luminescence is developed and used to understand the growth morphology of buried quantum dots grown on AlAs layers. Finally, a novel design for future mid-infrared quantum dot emitters, intended to increase excited state scattering times and, at the same time, more efficiently extract carriers from the lowest states of our quantum dots, is presented.

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D. Wasserman, S. H. Howard, C. Gmachl, S. A. Lyon, J. Cederberg, and E. A. Shaner "Mid-infrared electroluminescence from InAs self-assembled quantum dots", Proc. SPIE 6386, Optical Methods in the Life Sciences, 63860E (19 October 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.689191

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