• DocumentCode
    2146033
  • Title

    Strategies to improve optical gain and waveguide loss in SiGe quantum cascade devices

  • Author

    Tsujino, S. ; Scheinert, M. ; Sigg, H. ; Grützmacher, D. ; Faist, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. for Micro- & Nanotechnol., Paul Scherrer Inst., Villigen, Switzerland
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    21-23 Sept. 2005
  • Firstpage
    4
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    Strain-compensated p-type SiGe quantum cascade structures are promising candidates to realize an efficient Si-based light source. Here we report strategies to improve the optical gain and waveguide loss to develop a SiGe quantum cascade laser.
  • Keywords
    Ge-Si alloys; optical losses; quantum cascade lasers; semiconductor materials; waveguide lasers; Si-based light source; SiGe; SiGe quantum cascade devices; SiGe quantum cascade laser; SiGe quantum cascade structures; optical gain; p-type SiGe structures; strain-compensated SiGe; waveguide loss; Absorption; Contacts; Current density; Germanium silicon alloys; Laser transitions; Optical devices; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Quantum cascade lasers; Silicon germanium;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Group IV Photonics, 2005. 2nd IEEE International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9070-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/GROUP4.2005.1516383
  • Filename
    1516383
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2146033