Title :
Mimicking heterostructure behavior within a single material at room temperature using strain
Author :
Sukhdeo, David S. ; Donguk Nam ; Ju-Hyung Kang ; Petykiewicz, Jan ; Jae Hyung Lee ; Woo Shik Jung ; Vuckovic, Jelena ; Brongersma, Mark L. ; Saraswat, Krishna C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
Abstract :
We present a new platform for mimicking heterostructure behavior within nanowires of a single material by using non-uniform strain. These pseudo-heterostructures have lithographically customizable band profiles and show effective carrier confinement at room temperature.
Keywords :
nanowires; semiconductor heterojunctions; effective carrier confinement; heterostructure behavior; lithographically customizable band profiles; nanowires; nonuniform strain; pseudoheterostructures; single material; temperature 293 K to 298 K; Carrier confinement; Nanowires; Photonic band gap; Photonics; Silicon; Strain;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
