Theoretical Modeling for the Interaction of Tin alloying with N-Type Doping and Tensile Strain for GeSn Lasers
| Autor: | Shashank Gupta, Krishna C. Saraswat, Birendra Dutt, Donguk Nam, David S. Sukhdeo, Yeji Kim |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Materials science
Threshold current Active laser medium chemistry.chemical_element FOS: Physical sciences 02 engineering and technology Tensile strain 01 natural sciences law.invention 010309 optics law 0103 physical sciences Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) Electrical and Electronic Engineering Conduction band Condensed Matter - Materials Science Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Condensed matter physics Slope efficiency Doping technology industry and agriculture Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci) 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Laser equipment and supplies Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials chemistry 0210 nano-technology Tin Physics - Optics Optics (physics.optics) |
| DOI: | 10.48550/arxiv.1506.08402 |
| Popis: | We investigate the interaction of tin alloying with tensile strain and n-type doping for improving the performance of a Ge-based laser for on-chip optical interconnects. Using a modified tight-binding formalism that incorporates the effect of tin alloying on conduction band changes, we calculate how threshold current density and slope efficiency are affected by tin alloying in the presence of tensile strain and n-type doping. Our results show that while there exists a negative interaction between tin alloying and n-type doping, tensile strain can be effectively combined with tin alloying to dramatically improve the Ge gain medium in terms of both reducing the threshold and increasing the expected slope efficiency. Through quantitative modeling we find the best design to include large amounts of both tin alloying and tensile strain but only moderate amounts of n-type doping if researchers seek to achieve the best possible performance in a Ge-based laser. Comment: 10 pages |
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