• DocumentCode
    1179570
  • Title

    Terahertz electroluminescence from GaSb/AlSb quantum cascade laser

  • Author

    Yasuda, H. ; Hosako, I. ; Miyashita, S. ; Patrashin, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Tokyo, Japan
  • Volume
    41
  • Issue
    19
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    9/15/2005 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1062
  • Lastpage
    1063
  • Abstract
    A phonon depopulation GaSb/AlSb quantum cascade laser was fabricated for the first time. The low longitudinal-optical phonon energy and small effective electron mass of GaSb enables a low electric field at the lasing threshold and a wide design range. The frequency of oscillation was designed to be 2.6 THz. With an increase of injection current, an abrupt increase of luminescence was observed.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; electroluminescence; gallium compounds; phonons; quantum cascade lasers; submillimetre wave lasers; 2.6 THz; GaSb-AlSb; III-V semiconductors; effective electron mass; injection current; longitudinal-optical phonon energy; phonon depopulation; phonons; quantum cascade lasers; submillimetre wave lasers; terahertz electroluminescence;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20051994
  • Filename
    1512757