Current-induced heating in quantum well and quantum wire intersubband emitter structures

Autor: Matthias Reinwald, Werner Wegscheider, Thomas Herrle, Stephan Haneder, Hans-Peter Tranitz
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Applied Physics Letters. 91:201105
ISSN: 1077-3118
0003-6951
Popis: We discuss the influence of current-induced heating on the current-voltage (I-V) characteristics and the spectral behavior in quantum well and quantum wire intersubband emitter structures. A conventional quantum cascade laser structure in the AlGaAs/GaAs material system with undoped cladding layers and an undoped active region is examined. This heterostructure serves as a first growth step for quantum wire intersubband emitters fabricated by the cleaved-edge overgrowth technique. We discuss the influence of electrons supplied by a remote delta-silicon doping. Duty-cycle dependent measurements on the quantum wire structures confirm the influence of current-induced heating on the I-V characteristics as well as on the emission spectra.
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