The gain characteristics of 1.3-μm-wavelength GaInNAs, InGaAlAs, and InGaAsP single-quantum-well structures are studied and compared. Among these quantum wells, GaInNAs offers the lowest carrier density over a wide range of temperature (300–400 K) for applications that require high gain because of the highest differential gain. It is due to the large electron effective mass originating from the nitrogen incorporation. The change in threshold carrier density with temperature is smallest for GaInNAs because of the large conduction band offset and the large differences in the band gap energy between the well and the barrier. The interaction with the temperature-independent nitrogen states makes the shift of gain with temperature slowest as well. For these reasons, the threshold current of GaInNAs is expected to be more temperature independent than those of other materials.
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5 November 2001
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November 05 2001
Thermal characteristics of optical gain for GaInNAs quantum wells at 1.3 μm
Chang Kyu Kim;
Chang Kyu Kim
Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Taejon 305-701 Korea
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Yong Hee Lee
Yong Hee Lee
Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Taejon 305-701 Korea
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Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 3038–3040 (2001)
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Received:
June 20 2001
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August 28 2001
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Chang Kyu Kim, Yong Hee Lee; Thermal characteristics of optical gain for GaInNAs quantum wells at 1.3 μm. Appl. Phys. Lett. 5 November 2001; 79 (19): 3038–3040. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1418022
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