• DocumentCode
    2449282
  • Title

    Unipolar Optoelectronic Devices

  • Author

    Warde, E. ; Julien, F.H. ; Tchernycheva, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Action OptoGaN, Institut d´´Electronique Fondamentale, UMR 8622 CNRS, Bât. 220, Université Paris Sud, 91405 Orsay, France. e-mail: warde@iefu-psud.fr
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    24-28 April 2006
  • Firstpage
    2067
  • Lastpage
    2072
  • Abstract
    We discuss the main characteristics of the intersubband transitions in III-V semiconductor heterostructures and in particular in nitride materials and describe the operation principles of the most important unipolar optoelectronic devices. An example of experimental and theoretical study of the intersubband transitions in GaN/AIN heterostrucure is given. The advantages of unipolar optoelectronic devices with respect to bipolar devices are explained. The high potential of nitride semiconductors as an emerging technology to develop ultra-fast unipolar optoelectronic devices operating at fibre-optics telecommunications wavelengths is demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    Absorption; Electron optics; Gallium nitride; III-V semiconductor materials; Optical devices; Optical fibers; Optoelectronic devices; Potential well; Quantum cascade lasers; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information and Communication Technologies, 2006. ICTTA '06. 2nd
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9521-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICTTA.2006.1684720
  • Filename
    1684720