• DocumentCode
    3629244
  • Title

    Substrate orientation and alloy composition effects in n-type SiGe quantum cascade structures

  • Author

    A. Valavanis;Z. Ikonic;L. Lever;C. A. Evans;R. W. Kelsall

  • Author_Institution
    Institute of Microwaves and Photonics, School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    251
  • Lastpage
    252
  • Abstract
    We show using a theoretical self-consistent effective mass/rate equation approach that n-type SiGe-based quantum cascade lasers are potentially made viable by either using the (111) orientation or a Ge-rich substrate.
  • Keywords
    "Quantum cascade lasers","Quantization","Gain","Silicon","Optical waveguides","Metals","Silicon germanium"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Group IV Photonics, 2008 5th IEEE International Conference on
  • ISSN
    1949-2081
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1769-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1949-209X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/GROUP4.2008.4638162
  • Filename
    4638162
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3629244