Title :
Evidence of laser-induced lattice cooling based on phonon-assisted up-conversion of photoluminescence in InAs/GaSb type-II quantum wells
Author :
Mu, Xiaodong ; Ding, Yujie J. ; Little, John W. ; Svensson, Stefan P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA
Abstract :
We demonstrate that longitudinal-optical phonons in type-II InAs/GaSb quantum wells can be used to up-convert photoluminescence. Such a phenomenon could be used to achieve laser-induced cooling of lattices.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium compounds; indium compounds; laser cooling; phonons; photoluminescence; semiconductor quantum wells; InAs-GaSb; laser induced lattice cooling; longitudinal optical phonons; phonon-assisted photoluminescence upconversion; semiconductor quantum wells; Cooling; Fingers; Gas lasers; Lattices; Photodiodes; Photoluminescence; Pulse measurements; Quantum well lasers; Temperature; Wavelength measurement; (160.6000) Semiconductors, including MQW; (230.0250) Optoelectronics; (250.5230) Photoluminescence;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628620
