Title : 
Epitaxy and photoluminescence studies of high quality GeSn heterostructures with Sn concentrations up to 13 at.%
         
        
            Author : 
Wirths, Stephan ; Geiger, Richard ; Ikonic, Zoran ; Tiedemann, Andreas T. ; Mussler, Gregor ; Hartmann, J.-M. ; Mantl, Siegfried ; Sigg, Hans ; Grutzmacher, D. ; Buca, Dan
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Peter Grunberg Inst. (PGI 9), Forschungszentrum Juelich, Grunberg, Germany
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We present photoluminescence measurements on highly compressively strained and partially relaxed GeSn alloys with Sn contents up to 13 at.%. Calculations predict a net gain of 572 cm-1 for partially relaxed and moderately doped Ge0.88Sn0.12.
         
        
            Keywords : 
germanium alloys; photoluminescence; semiconductor epitaxial layers; semiconductor heterojunctions; semiconductor materials; tin alloys; GeSn; compressively strained alloys; epitaxial layer; high quality heterostructures; moderately doped alloys; partially relaxed alloys; photoluminescence measurements; Epitaxial growth; Lattices; Photoluminescence; Strain; Temperature measurement; Tin; Chemical Vapor Deposition; Germanium-Tin; Group IV alloys; Laser materials; Photoluminescence; Si photonics; low temperature epitaxy;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2014 IEEE 11th International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Paris
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4799-2282-6
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/Group4.2014.6962005