Title :
Lateral carrier injection to germanium for monolithic light sources
Author :
Tani, Kazuki ; Saito, Shin-ichi ; Oda, Katsuya ; Okumura, Tadashi ; Mine, Toshiyuki ; Ido, Tatemi
Author_Institution :
Photonics Electron. Technol. Res. Assoc. (PETRA), Kokubunji, Japan
Abstract :
We propose lateral carrier injections into a Ge waveguide on a silicon-on-insulator diode for monolithic light sources. We confirmed enhanced electroluminescence from the diode under high current densities of 1 MAcm-2.
Keywords :
current density; electroluminescence; elemental semiconductors; germanium; integrated optoelectronics; semiconductor lasers; silicon-on-insulator; waveguide lasers; Ge waveguide; Ge-Si; current densities; enhanced electroluminescence; lateral carrier injection; monolithic light sources; silicon-on-insulator diode; Electroluminescence; Light sources; Optical waveguides; Passivation; Photonic band gap; Semiconductor lasers; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2012 IEEE 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0826-8
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2012.6324176
