Hasbullah, N.F., Ng, Jo Shien, Liu, Hui-Yun et al. (4 more authors) (2008) Dependence of the Electroluminescence on the Spacer Layer Growth Temperature of Multilayer Quantum-Dot Laser Structures. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 45 (1). pp. 79-85. ISSN 0018-9197
Abstract
Electroluminescence (EL) measurements have been performed on a set of In(Ga)As-GaAs quantum-dot (QD) structures with varying spacer layer growth temperature. At room temperature and low injection current, a superlinear dependence of the integrated EL intensity (IEL) on the injection current is observed. This superlinearity decreases as the spacer layer growth temperature increases and is attributed to a reduction in the amount of nonradiative recombination. Temperature-dependent IEL measurements show a reduction of the IEL with increasing temperature. Two thermally activated quenching processes, with activation energies of ˜ 157 meV and ˜ 320 meV, are deduced and these are attributed to the loss of electrons and holes from the QD ground state to the GaAs barriers. Our results demonstrate that growing the GaAs barriers at higher temperatures improves their quality, thereby increasing the radiative efficiency of the QD emission.
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Keywords: | activation energy, Activation energy, electroluminescence, electroluminescence (EL), electroluminescence measurements, gallium arsenide, III-V semiconductors, In(Ga)As-GaAs, indium compounds, injection current, multilayer quantum dot laser structures, quantum dot (QD), quantum dot emission, quantum dot lasers, radiation quenching, room temperature, spacer growth temperature, spacer layer growth temperature, thermally activated quenching process |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Simon Dimler |
Date Deposited: | 02 Mar 2010 14:59 |
Last Modified: | 11 Jun 2014 08:00 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2008.2002671 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1109/JQE.2008.2002671 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:10447 |