Multi-exciton spectroscopy on a self-assembled InGaAs/GaAs quantum dot

We report about spatially resolved magneto-optical experiments on a self-assembled InGaAs quantum dot. Using electron beam lithograpy for patterning a metal shadow mask we can isolate a single dot. This allows us to study the optical response of a single dot as a function of excitation power and magnetic field. We investigate the influence of many body interaction in the emission spectra for different exciton occupation numbers of the dot. The diamagnetic/orbital shift as well as Zeeman splitting in a magnetic field can be fully resolved and are used to identify the observed emission lines. Further we report on absorption properties of the quantum dot as a function of magnetic field. We analyse in detail the phonon-assisted absorption process connected with the GaAs LO-phonon 36 meV above the single-exciton ground state.     

Electron radiation effects on InAs/GaAs quantum dot lasers

The InAs/GaAs quantum dot laser diodes and corresponding quantum dot samples are irradiated by 1 MeV electron. The laser performance and quantum dot photoluminescence intensity at room temperature are enhanced over a fluence range of 4 × 10¹³ cm^?2. The radiation-induced defects increase the efficiency of carrier transfer to the quantum dots, which results in the improvement of photoluminescence performance under low level displacement damage. The contact resistant of quantum dot lasers decreases because the ohmic contact is also improved by electron irradiation.     

Influence of gain saturation and carrier dynamic models on the modulation response of quantum well lasers

The main problem for creation of optical communication systems is how quickly the light intensity can be changed under radiation from a laser diode. The modulation capability of lasers with separate confinement heterostructure depends strongly on carrier transport and gain saturation phenomena. Nonlinear gain saturation model in connection with dynamic behavior at high-frequency modulation is discussed and peculiarities of application of a new dynamic model with partial differential equation for the carrier transport in SCH region are shown.     

InGaAs/GaAs量子点阵列中的能级计算

根据八带k·p理论，在三维InGaAs/GaAs量子点阵列中求解k_x=k_y=k_z=0处的有效质量哈密顿H₀的本征值，得到InGaAs量子点中导带中电子基态E_C1，第一激发态E_C2和重空穴态E_{HH1关键词： InGaAs 量子点 带内跃迁 k·p理论')" href="#">八带k·p理论}     

InGaAs/GaAs量子链的光学特性研究

研究了InGaAs/GaAs量子链的稳态和瞬态光谱特性,特别是载流子的动力学过程.实验发现荧光寿命有很强的探测能量依赖关系,荧光寿命随发光能量的增加而减小;实验还发现,当激发功率较小时,荧光寿命随激发功率增大而增大,当激发功率足够大时,荧光寿命趋于饱和.这些结果清楚地表明,在量子链结构中,参与发光的载流子之间存在明显的耦合和输运现象,进一步分析表明,这种输运主要是由于载流子沿量子链方向的耦合造成的.发光的偏振特性研究进一步证实了载流子沿量子链方向输运过程. 关键词： InGaAs/GaAs 量子点 量子链     

Electron dynamics in modulation p-doped InGaAs/GaAs quantum dots

We investigate the electron dynamics of p-type modulation doped and undoped InGaAs/GaAs quantum dots using up-conversion photoluminescence at low temperature and room temperature. The rise time of the p-doped sample is significantly shorter than that of the undoped at low temperature. With increasing to room temperature the undoped sample exhibits a decreased rise time whilst that of the doped sample does not change. A relaxation mechanism of electron-hole scattering is proposed in which the doped quantum dots exhibit an enhanced and temperature independent relaxation due to excess built-in holes in the valence band of the quantum dots. In contrast, the rise time of the undoped quantum dots decreases significantly at room temperature due to the large availability of holes in the ground state of the valence band. Furthermore, modulation p-doping results in a shorter lifetime due to the presence of excess defects.     

Dependence on temperature of homogeneous broadening of InGaAs/InAs/GaAs quantum dot fundamental transitions

We report systematic temperature-dependent measurements of photoluminescence spectra in self-assembled InGaAs/InAs/GaAs quantum dots (QDs). We have studied the rise in temperature of the ground-state homogeneous linewidth.A theoretical model is presented and accounts for the phonon-assisted broadening of this transition in individual QD. We have estimated the homogeneous linewidth of an individual QD from PL spectra of self-organized InAs/GaAs QDs by isolating the PL of each individual QD and fitting the narrow line associated with self-organized QDs through a Lorentzian convoluted by a Gaussian. We have observed a strong exciton–LO–phonon coupling (γ_LO) which becomes the dominating contribution to the linewidth above the temperature of 45 K. We have also derived the activation energy (ΔE) of the exciton–LO–phonon coupling, zero temperature linewidth (Γ₀) and the exciton-LA-phonon coupling parameter (γ_Ac). We report that our values are close to the values found in the literature for single InGaAs QD and InAs QD.     

Nanostructure model and optical properties of InAs/GaAs quantum dot in vertical cavity surface emitting lasers

We apply 8-band k.p model to study InAs/GaAs quantum dots (QDs). The strain was calculated using the valence force field (VFF) model which includes the four nearest-neighbour interactions. For the optical properties, we take into account both homogeneous and non-homogeneous broadening for the optical spectrum. Our simulation result is in good agreement with the experimental micro-photoluminescence (μ-PL) result which is from InAs/GaAs QD vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) structure wafer at room temperature. Accordingly, our simulation model is used to predict the QD emission from this QD-VCSELs structure wafer at different temperature ranging from 200–400 K. The simulation results show a decrease of 41 meV of QD ground state (GS) transition energy from 250–350 K. The changes of QDGS transition energy with different temperature indicate the possible detuning range for 1.3-μm wave band QD-VCSELs applications without temperature control. Furthermore, QD differential gain at 300 K is computed based on this model, which will be useful for predicting the intrinsic modulation characteristics of QD-VCSELs.     

Stability properties of current-profiled quantum dot lasers

The stability properties of injection-current profiled quantum dot lasers are analyzed for broad area devices of different length. In general, devices demonstrate stable output at low to moderate injection levels before the onset of filamentary dynamics at higher injection levels. By comparing devices of different lengths, the onset of filamentary dynamics is shown to coincide in each case with the onset of excited state lasing and so the loss in stability may be linked to the increased low frequency noise and phase-amplitude coupling that occurs in this regime.     

Effect of inter-level relaxation and cavity length on double-state lasing performance of quantum dot lasers

Double-state lasing phenomena are easily observed in self-assembled quantum dot (QD) lasers. The effect of inter-level relaxation rate and cavity length on the double-state lasing performance of QD lasers is investigated on the basis of a rate equation model. Calculated results show that, for a certain cavity length, the ground state (GS) lasing threshold current increases almost linearly with the inter-level relaxation lifetime. However, as the relaxation rate becomes slower, the ratio of excited state (ES) lasing threshold current over the GS one decreases, showing an evident exponential behavior. A relatively feasible method to estimate the inter-level relaxation lifetime, which is difficult to measure directly, is provided. In addition, fast inter-level relaxation is favorable for the GS single-mode lasing, and leads to lower wetting layer (WL) carrier occupation probability and higher QD GS capture efficiency and external differential quantum efficiency. Besides, the double-state lasing effect strongly depends on the cavity length.     

Effect of inter-level relaxation and cavity length on double-state lasing performance of quantum dot lasers

Double-state lasing phenomena are easily observed in self-assembled quantum dot (QD) lasers. The effect of inter-level relaxation rate and cavity length on the double-state lasing performance of QD lasers is investigated on the basis of a rate equation model. Calculated results show that, for a certain cavity length, the ground state (GS) lasing threshold current increases almost linearly with the inter-level relaxation lifetime. However, as the relaxation rate becomes slower, the ratio of excited state (ES) lasing threshold current over the GS one decreases, showing an evident exponential behavior. A relatively feasible method to estimate the inter-level relaxation lifetime, which is difficult to measure directly, is provided. In addition, fast inter-level relaxation is favorable for the GS single-mode lasing, and leads to lower wetting layer (WL) carrier occupation probability and higher QD GS capture efficiency and external differential quantum efficiency. Besides, the double-state lasing effect strongly depends on the cavity length.     

The beam properties of high-power InGaAs/AlGaAs quantum well lasers

The vertical beam quality factor of the fundamental TE propagating mode for InGaAs/AlGaAs SCH DQW lasers emitting at 940 nm is investigated by using the transfer matrix method and the non-paraxial vectorial moment theory for non-paraxial beams. An experimental approach is given for the measurement of the equivalent vertical beam quality factor of an InGaAs/AlGaAs SCH DQW laser. It has been shown that the vertical beam quality factor M_x² is always larger than unity, whether the thickness of the active region of LDs is much smaller than the emission wavelength or not.     

InGaAs/GaAs应变量子阱激光器线宽展宽因子的理论研究

详细地介绍了计算线宽展宽因子(α因子)的理论基础及推导过程, 建立了α因子的简便模型. 该模型分别考虑了带间跃迁、带隙收缩和自由载流子效应对α因子的影响, 利用不同载流子浓度下的增益曲线得到光子能量随载流子浓度的变化速率以及微分增益, 进而对α因子进行近似计算. 模拟计算了InGaAs/GaAs量子阱激光器的增益曲线及α 因子的大小, 计算结果与文献报道的实验值相符. 进一步讨论了InGaAs/GaAs量子阱阱宽及In组分对α 因子的影响. 结果表明, α 因子随In组分和阱宽的增加而增加.     

Photo-pumped lasing from low density self-assembled InGaAs/GaAs quantum dots within a high-Q vertical cavity

A high-Q cavity containing three layers of self-assembled InGaAs/GaAs quantum dots has been prepared. Emission occurs in the wavelength range 1275–1285 nm over the wafer surface. We have observed lasing thresholds in the power-in-versus-power-out characteristics, with associated changes in the angular emission profile, when the structure is optically pumped CW at 300 K. At high pump powers spectrally resolved lateral modes are seen in the emission spectra of a planar cavity and this is discussed in terms of the index change induced by the pump laser.     

Photoluminescence scanning on InAs/InGaAs quantum dot structures

The photoluminescence spectra of InAs quantum dots (QDs) embedded into four types of In_xGa_1−xAs/GaAs (x = 0.10, 0.15, 0.20 and 0.25) multi quantum well MBE structures have been investigated at 300 K in dependence on the QD position on the wafer. PL mapping was performed with 325 nm HeCd laser (35 mW) focused down to 200 μm (110 W/cm²) as the excitation source. The structures with x = 0.15 In/Ga composition in the In_xGa_1−xAs capping layer exhibited the maximum photoluminescence intensity. Strong inhomogeneity of the PL intensity is observed by mapping samples with the In/Ga composition of x ≥ 0.20-0.25. The reduction of the PL intensity is accompanied by a gradual “blue” shift of the luminescence maximum at 300 K as follows from the quantum dot PL mapping. The mechanism of this effect has been analyzed. PL peak shifts versus capping layer composition are discussed as well.     

Beam properties of injection profiled quantum dot lasers

The impact of injection current profiling on the spatial mode structure of quantum dot semiconductor lasers is investigated. Numerical simulations based on a spatial extension of a simple rate equation model for quantum dot devices reveal the role of non-resonant carries in the appearance of strong dips in the optical field of the device. Symmetry breaking may also occur whereby the position of the dip shifts from the centre of the injection region.     

Effects of electronic state modulation on the high-frequency response characteristics of GaAs quantum wells

The effect of electronic-state modulation on the high frequency response of GaAs quantum well with thin inserted barrier layer is studied. The carrier scattering by polar optic phonons, acoustic deformation potential and background ionized impurities are incorporated in the present calculations considering the carrier distribution to be heated drifted Fermi-Dirac distribution. Modified phonon spectra and modulated electron wave function give different values of form factor compared to bulk mode phonon. Mobility is found to be enhanced on insertion of thin layer inside the quantum well. The ac mobility and the phase lag increases with the increase in both the channel width and the 2D carrier concentration. Cutoff frequency, where ac mobility drops down to 0.707 of its low frequency value, is observed to be enhanced reflecting better high frequency response.     

Optical properties of vertically aligned self-assembled InGaAs quantum dot layers on (311)A/B and (100) GaAs substrates

In this work, we present substrate orientation effects on optical properties in vertically stacked In_0.5Ga_0.5As layers grown by molecular beam epitaxy on (311)A/B and reference (100) GaAs substrates. Samples were grown for different GaAs spacer thicknesses. The spacer thickness variation shows the influence on PL spectra for all planes. The differences in peak shape, peak position, amplitude and integrated luminescence have been observed for all surfaces. These differences suggest that indium migration in spacer layers is caused by the strain fields induced by islands buried below, and is different at the three surfaces. Vertical electronic coupling between quantum dots is confirmed by photoluminescence temperature dependence.     

The improvement of InAs/GaAs quantum dot properties capped by Graphene

InAs self‐assembled quantum dots (QDs) were grown by molecular beam epitaxy on (001) GaAs substrate. Uncapped and capped QDs with GaAs and graphene layers were studied using atomic force microscopy and Raman spectroscopy. Graphene multi‐layer was grown by chemical vapor deposition and transferred on InAs/GaAs QDs. It is well known that the presence of a cap layer modifies the size, shape, and density of the QDs. According to the atomic force microscopy study, in contrast to the GaAs capped sample, which induce a dramatic decrease of the density and height of dots, graphene cap layer sample presents a slight influence on the surface morphology and the density of the islands compared with the uncapped one. The difference shown in the Raman spectra of the samples is due to change of strain and alloy disorder effects on the QDs. Residuals strain and the relaxation coefficients have been investigated. All results confirm the best crystalline quality of the graphene cap layer dots sample relative to the GaAs capped one. So graphene can be used to replace GaAs in capping InAs/GaAs dots. To our knowledge, such study has not been carried out until now. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Probing single-charge fluctuations at a GaAs/AlAs interface using laser spectroscopy on a nearby InGaAs quantum dot

We probe local charge fluctuations in a semiconductor via laser spectroscopy on a nearby self-assembled quantum dot. We demonstrate that the quantum dot is sensitive to changes in the local environment at the single-charge level. By controlling the charge state of localized defects, we are able to infer the distance of the defects from the quantum dot with ±5 nm resolution. The results identify and quantify the main source of charge noise in the commonly used optical field-effect devices.