Tunable interminiband infrared emission in superlattice electron transport
作者:
Gaetano Scamarcio,
Federico Capasso,
Jerome Faist,
Carlo Sirtori,
Deborah L. Sivco,
Albert L. Hutchinson,
Alfred Y. Cho,
期刊:
Applied Physics Letters
(AIP Available online 1997)
卷期:
Volume 70,
issue 14
页码: 1796-1798
ISSN:0003-6951
年代: 1997
DOI:10.1063/1.118695
出版商: AIP
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
The observation of infrared emission between superlattice conduction minibands is reported. Electrons resonantly injected into the first excited state miniband by an applied electric field make a radiative transition to the ground state miniband. The spectra are dominated by direct high oscillator strength transitions at the mini-Brillouin zone edge and the peak wavelength can be tailored over a broad infrared range by designing the superlattice minigap. At high bias, the spectra extend to wavelengths corresponding to transitions from high lying states near the mini-Brillouin zone center. Experiments in AlInAs/GaInAs superlattices have demonstrated peak luminescence wavelengths of &lgr;=5 and 7 &mgr;m. At high currents, the spectra broaden to shorter wavelengths (down to 3 &mgr;m) as electrons are tunnel injected high into the second miniband. ©1997 American Institute of Physics.
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