Amplitude modulators based on the Stark effect

Amplitude modulators are basic devices for long distance optical communication. Their development started using the electro-absorption of bulk material, called the Franz-Keldysh effect. High frequency applications required larger absorption changes with electric field, therefore, attention has been shifted to multiple quantum well structures where the quantum confined Stark effect (QCSE) could improve device performance at high bit rates. However, if the amplitude modulators based on the QCSE are expected to be used in the next multigigabit long-haul fiber transmission systems, the multiple quantum well structure should be optimized taking into consideration parameters such as insertion loss, contrast ratio, chirp, polarization independence, operation voltage and wavelength. Much work has been done in several III-V semiconductor systems. The results of a detailed optimization for InGaAs/InAlAs multiple quantum well structures are presented, as an example.     

功率增益截止频率为183GHz的In0.53Ga0.47As/In0.52Al0.48As HEMTs

通过合理的外延层材料结构设计和改进的器件制备工艺,制备出功率增益截止频率（fmax）为183GHz的晶格匹配InP基In0.53Ga0.47As-In0.52Al0.48As HEMT。该fmax为国内HEMT器件最高值,还报道了器件的结构、制备工艺以及器件的直流和高频特性。     

Electrical properties of InAlAs/InAsxP1-x/InP composite-channel modulation-doped structures grown by solid source molecular beam epitaxy

We report on the electrical characteristics of the two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) formed in an InAlAs/InAs_xP_1-x/InP pseudomorphic composite-channel modulation-doped (MD) structure grown by solid source (arsenic and phosphorus) molecular beam epitaxy (SSMBE). The As composition, x, of strained InAs_xP_1-x was determined by x-ray diffraction analysis of InP/InAs_xP_1-x/InP multi-quantum wells (MQWs) with compositions of x=0.14 to x=0.72. As the As composition increases, the room temperature sheet resistance of InAlAs/InAs_xP_1-x/InP composite-channel MD structures grown over a range of As compositions decreased from 510 to 250 Ω/cm², resulting from the greater 2DEG confinement and lower electron effective mass in the InAs_xP_1-x channel as x increases. The influence of growth conditions and epitaxial layer designs on the 2DEG mobility and concentration were investigated using 300 K and 77 K Hall measurements. As the exposure time of the As₄ flux on the growth front of InAs_xP_1-x increased during growth interruptions, the 2DEG mobility, in particular the 77K mobility, was considerably degraded due to increased roughness at the InAlAs/InAs_xP_1-x interface. For the InAlAs/InAs_0.6P_0.4/InP composite-channel MD structure with a spacer thickness of 8 nm, the room temperature 2DEG mobility and density were 7200 cm²/Vs and 2.5 × 10¹² cm⁻², respectively. These results show the great potential of the InAlAs/InAs_xP_1-x/InP pseudomorphic composite-channel MD heterostructure for high frequency, power device applications.     

Super-flat interfaces in In0.53Ga0.47As/In0.52Al0.48As quantum wells grown on (411)A InP substrates by molecular beam epitaxy

Effectively atomically flat interfaces over a macroscopic area (“(411)A super-flat interfaces”) were successfully achieved in In_0.53Ga_0.47As/In_0.52Al_0.48As quantum wells (QWs) grown on (411)A InP substrates by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) at a substrate temperature of 570°C and V/III=6. Surface morphology of the In_0.53Ga_0.47As/In_0.52Al_0.48As QWs was smooth and featureless, while a rough surface of those simultaneously grown on a (100) InP substrate was observed. Photoluminescence (PL) linewidths at 4.2 K from the (411)A QWs with well width of 0.6–12 nm were 20–30 % narrower than those grown on a (100) InP substrate and also they are almost as narrow as each of split PL peaks for those of growth-interrupted QWs on a (100) InP substrate. In the case of the (411)A QWs, only one PL peak with very narrow linewidth was observed from each QW over a large distance (7 mm) on a wafer.     

In0.53Ga0.47As/In0.52Al0.48As量子阱二维电子气中的零场自旋分裂与塞曼分裂

利用变角度磁输运方法研究了高迁移率、高浓度、宽度为20 nm、单边δ掺杂的In0.53Ga0.47As/In0.52Al0.48As量子阱,根据量子阱平面与磁场不同夹角时SdH振荡的拍频节点移动,提取了其自旋分裂能Δ0和有效g因子|g*|,发现Δ0随浓度增加而增大,|g*|随浓度增加而减小.进一步的分析和计算表明,|g*|减小是由量子阱能带结构的非抛物性作用引起的.     

InAlAs/InGaAs/InP基PHEMTs小信号建模及低噪声应用

利用改进的小信号模型对采用100nmInAlAs/InGaAs/InP工艺设计实现的PHEMTs器件进行建模, 并设计实现了一款W波段单片低噪声放大器进行信号模型的验证。为了进一步改善信号模型低频S参数拟合差的精度, 该小信号模型考虑了栅源和栅漏二极管微分电阻, 在等效电路拓扑中分别用Rfs和Rfd表示.为了验证模型的可行性, 基于该信号模型研制了W波段低噪声放大器单片.在片测试结果表明:最大小信号增益为14.4dB@92.5GHz, 3dB带宽为25GHz@85-110GHz.而且, 该放大器也表现出了良好的噪声特性, 在88GHz处噪声系数为4.1dB, 相关增益为13.8dB.与同频段其他芯片相比, 该放大器单片具有宽3dB带宽和高的单级增益.     

An analytical parasitic resistance dependent Id–Vd model for planar doped InAlAs/InGaAs/InP HEMT using non-linear charge control analysis

An analytical parasitic resistance dependent model for the current voltage characteristics for InAlAs/InGaAs/InP HEMT is proposed. The model uses a new polynomial dependence of sheet carrier concentration on gate voltage to calculate I_d–V_d characteristics and has been extended to obtain transconductance, output conductance and cut-off frequency of the device. A maximum cut-off frequency of 83 and 175 GHz was obtained for channel length of 0.25 and 0.1 μm, respectively. Close agreement with published results confirms the validity of our approach.     

InGaAs（InAIAs）／InP和InP／InAIAs湿法选择腐蚀研究

介绍了两种选择腐蚀液对InGaAs（InAlAs）／InP和InP／InAlAs异质结构材料选择腐蚀的实验结果，重点介绍在InAlAs上面生长InP的湿法选择腐蚀，用HCl：H3PO4：CH3COOH系列腐蚀液，InP／InAlAs选择比大于300。InP／InAlAs湿法选择腐蚀的结果可以很好应用到OEIC芯片制作中，并取得了较好的器件及电路结果。     

太赫兹InP基InAlAs/InGaAs PHEMTs的研制

研制了一种T型栅长为90 nm的InP基In0.52Al0.48As/In0.65Ga0.35As赝配高电子迁移率晶体管(PHEMTs).该器件的总栅宽为2×25 μm,展现了极好的DC直流和RF射频特性,其最大饱和电流密度和最大有效跨导分别为894 mA/mm和1640 mS/mm.采用LRM+ (Line-Reflect-Reflect -Match)校准方法实现系统在1~110 GHz全频段内一次性校准,减小了传统的分段测试多次校准带来的误差, 且测试数据的连续性较好.在国内完成了器件的1~110 GHz全频段在片测试,基于1~110 GHz在片测试的S参数外推获得的截止频率ft和最大振荡频率fmax分别为252 GHz和394 GHz.与传统的测试到40 GHz外推相比,本文外推获得的fmax更加准确.这些结果的获得是由于栅长的缩短,寄生效应的减小以及1~110 GHz全频段在片测试的实现.器件的欧姆接触电阻率减小为0.035 Ω·mm.     

InP-HEMT的发展现状及其应用

从结构和性能两个方面阐述了 In P-HEMT的发展现状 ,并对其应用进行了简单描述。