Metal-mirror-based resonant-cavity enhanced light-emitting diodes by the use of a tunnel diode contact

Author

Zhu, R. ; Hargis, M.C. ; Woodall, J.M. ; Melloch, M.R.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA

Volume

13

Issue

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

103

Lastpage

105

Abstract

We, for the first time, designed and fabricated resonant-cavity light-emitting diodes for high-speed optical communications using a tunnel diode contact scheme. Use of a tunnel diode provides extra freedom in designing the device contact and cavity mirror, which allows the realization of a resonant cavity without requiring distributed Bragg reflectors. The fabricated resonant-cavity light-emitting diodes have half the spectrum bandwidth and nearly triple the fiber-coupled power of noncavity devices.

Keywords

cavity resonators; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; light emitting diodes; light sources; mirrors; optical communication equipment; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical resonators; resonant tunnelling diodes; cavity mirror; design; device contact; fabricated resonant-cavity light-emitting diodes; fabrication; fiber-coupled power; high-speed optical communications; metal-mirror-based resonant-cavity enhanced light-emitting diodes; noncavity devices; resonant cavity; resonant-cavity light-emitting diodes; spectrum bandwidth; tunnel diode; tunnel diode contact; tunnel diode contact scheme; Bandwidth; Costs; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Light emitting diodes; Mirrors; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Resonance; Semiconductor diodes; Semiconductor materials;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.910502

Filename

910502