单载流子光电探测器的高速及高饱和功率的研究

利用载流子漂移-扩散模型, 模拟并分析了InGaAs/InP单载流子光电探测器(Uni-traveling-carrier/UTC-PD) 在不同条件下的物理特性及其带宽和饱和特性, 结合器件实验结果分析了影响器件高速和高饱和性能的物理机理. 结论表明在吸收区采用浓度渐变掺杂和增加InP崖层(cliff layer), 可以显著提升器件饱和特性, 高入射功率下吸收区电场崩塌是器件饱和的直接因素, 直径大于20 μm的UTC探测器中RC常数仍是影响带宽的主要因素. 论文指出了优化器件结构、 提升器件性能的有效方法.     

用PAA模板法实现硅基纳米孔阵列结构

用二次阳极氧化方法制备出分立、双向贯通并且超薄（500—1000 nm）的多孔阳极氧化铝膜,贴合到硅片上进行干法刻蚀,实现图形转移,得到了硅基纳米孔阵列结构,并对工艺中影响图形转移质量的因素进行了探索.扫描电镜（SEM）测试结果表明该途径得到的纳米结构孔形态均匀且大面积有序,孔深度可达到125 nm.对该样品进行热氧化处理后进行光致发光（PL）测试,结果表明其光致发光机理是基于通常较微弱的TO声子辅助的硅带边发光,并实现了显著发光增强,对这种增强效果的物理机理进行了理论分析.该结构具有的独特光学特性为利用 关键词： 多孔阳极氧化铝模板 硅基纳米孔阵列结构 图形转移     

Temperature dependent direct-bandgap light emission and optical gain of Ge

Band structure, electron distribution, direct-bandgap light emission, and optical gain of tensile strained, n-doped Ge at different temperatures were calculated. We found that the heating effects not only increase the electron occupancy rate in the Γ valley of Ge by thermal excitation, but also reduce the energy difference between its Γ valley and L valley. However,the light emission enhancement of Ge induced by the heating effects is weakened with increasing tensile strain and n-doping concentration. This phenomenon could be explained by that Ge is more similar to a direct bandgap material under tensile strain and n-doping. The heating effects also increase the optical gain of tensile strained, n-doped Ge at low temperature, but decrease it at high temperature. At high temperature, the hole and electron distributions become more flat, which prevent obtaining higher optical gain. Meanwhile, the heating effects also increase the free-carrier absorption. Therefore, to obtain a higher net maximum gain, the tensile strained, n-doped Ge films on Si should balance the gain increased by the heating effects and the optical loss induced by the free-carrier absorption.     

Zero-bias high-responsivity high-bandwidth top-illuminated germanium p–i–n photodetectors

We report efficient zero-bias high-speed top-illuminated p-i-n photodiodes （PDs） with high responsivity fabricated with germanium （Ge） films grown directly on silicon-on-insulator （SOI） substrates. For a 15 p-m-diameter device at room temperature, the dark current density was 44.1 mA/cm2 at -1 V. The responsivity at 1.55 μm was 0.30 A/W at 0 V. The saturation of the optical responsivity at 0 V bias revealed that this photodetector allows a complete photo-generated carrier collection without bias. Although the 3-dB bandwidth of the 15-p.m-diameter detector was 18.8 GHz at the reverse bias of 0 V, the detector responsivity was improved by one order of magnitude compared with that reported in the literature. Moreover, the dark current of the detector was significantly reduced.     

Effects of high temperature rapid thermal annealing on Ge films grown on Si（001） substrate

Tensile strain,crystal quality,and surface morphology of 500 nm thick Ge films were improved after rapid thermal annealing at 900 C for a short period(20 s).The films were grown on Si(001)substrates by ultra-high vacuum chemical vapor deposition.These improvements are attributed to relaxation and defect annihilation in the Ge films.However,after prolonged(20 s)rapid thermal annealing,tensile strain and crystal quality degenerated.This phenomenon results from intensive Si–Ge mixing at high temperature.     

Si基Ge异质结构发光器件的研究进展

近年来,与Si的CMOS工艺相兼容的Ge/Si异质结构发光器件取得很多重要的进展。本文概述了Si基Ge异质结构发光器件的最新成果,如Ge/Si量子点发光二极管、Si衬底上的Ge发光二极管及激光器和Ge/SiGe多量子阱发光二极管,分别描述了这些器件的特点和增强其发光特性的途径。最后展望了Si基Ge异质结构发光器件的发展趋势,指出尽管Si基Ge异质结构发光器件获得了很大的发展,但是器件的发光效率仍然很低,离实用还有一定距离,还需要在材料和器件的结构方面有更多的创新。     

Detailed balance limit efficiency of silicon intermediate band solar cells

The detailed balance method is used to study the potential of the intermediate band solar cell (IBSC), which can improve the efficiency of the Si-based solar cell with a bandgap between 1.1 eV to 1.7 eV. It shows that a crystalline silicon solar cell with an intermediate band located at 0.36 eV below the conduction band or above the valence band can reach a limiting efficiency of 54% at the maximum light concentration, improving greatly than 40.7% of the Shockley—Queisser limit for the single junction Si solar cell. The simulation also shows that the limiting efficiency of the silicon-based solar cell increases as the bandgap increases from 1.1 eV to 1.7 eV, and the amorphous Si solar cell with a bandgap of 1.7 eV exhibits a radiative limiting efficiency of 62.47%, having a better potential.     

Uneven splitting-ratio 1×2 multimode interference splitters based on silicon wire waveguides

Two types of 1×2 multi-mode interference(MMI) splitters with splitting ratios of 85:15 and 72:28 are designed.On the basis of a numerical simulation,an optimal length of the MMI section is obtained.Subsequently,the devices are fabricated and tested.The footprints of the rectangular MMI regions are only 3×18.2 and 3×14.3(μm).The minimum excess losses are 1.4 and 1.1 dB.The results of the test on the splitting ratios are consistent with designed values.The devices can be applied in ultra-compact photonic integrated circuits to realize the "tap" function.     

Lateral β-Ga2O3 Schottky barrier diode fabricated on (-201) single crystal substrate and its temperature-dependent current-voltage characteristics

Lateral β-Ga₂O₃ Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) each are fabricated on an unintentionally doped (-201) n-type β-Ga₂O₃ single crystal substrate by designing L-shaped electrodes. By introducing sidewall electrodes on both sides of the conductive channel, the SBD demonstrates a high current density of 223 mA/mm and low specific on-resistance of 4.7 mΩ ·cm². Temperature-dependent performance is studied and the Schottky barrier height is extracted to be in a range between 1.3 eV and 1.35 eV at temperatures ranging from 20 ℃ to 150 ℃. These results suggest that the lateral β-Ga₂O₃ SBD has a tremendous potential for future power electronic applications.     

Substrate-induced stress in silicon nanocrystal/SiO2 multilayer structures

Magnetoresistance in superconducting Nb films perforated with rectangular arrays of antidots (holes) is investigated at various temperatures and currents. Normally, the magnetoresistance increases with the increasing magnetic field. In this paper, we report a reverse behavior in a certain range of high fields after vortex reconfiguration transition, where the resistances at non-matching fields are smaller than those in the low field regime. This phenomenon is due to a strong caging effect, in which the interstitial vortices are trapped among the pinned multiquanta vortices. This effect is temperature and current dependent.