Lattice strain and defects analysis in nanostructured semiconductor materials and devices by high‐resolution X‐ray diffraction: Theoretical and practical aspects

S Dolabella, A Borzì, A Dommann, A Neels - Small Methods, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The reliability of semiconductor materials with electrical and optical properties are
connected to their structures. The elastic strain field and tilt analysis of the crystal lattice …

[HTML][HTML] High-temperature terahertz quantum cascade lasers

B Wen, D Ban - Progress in Quantum Electronics, 2021 - Elsevier
The terahertz (THz) quantum cascade laser (QCL), first demonstrated in 2002, is among the
most promising radiation sources in the THz region owing to its high output power and broad …

Midinfrared plasmon-enhanced spectroscopy with germanium antennas on silicon substrates

L Baldassarre, E Sakat, J Frigerio, A Samarelli… - Nano …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Midinfrared plasmonic sensing allows the direct targeting of unique vibrational fingerprints of
molecules. While gold has been used almost exclusively so far, recent research has focused …

Room temperature operation of n-type Ge/SiGe terahertz quantum cascade lasers predicted by non-equilibrium Green's functions

T Grange, D Stark, G Scalari, J Faist… - Applied Physics …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
n-type Ge/SiGe terahertz quantum cascade lasers are investigated using non-equilibrium
Green's functions calculations. We compare the temperature dependence of the terahertz …

[HTML][HTML] THz intersubband electroluminescence from n-type Ge/SiGe quantum cascade structures

D Stark, M Mirza, L Persichetti, M Montanari… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
We report electroluminescence originating from L-valley transitions in n-type Ge/Si 0.15 Ge
0.85 quantum cascade structures centered at 3.4 and 4.9 THz with a line broadening of Δ …

Near-and far-infrared absorption and electronic structure of Ge-SiGe multiple quantum wells

Y Busby, M De Seta, G Capellini, F Evangelisti… - Physical Review B …, 2010 - APS
We report an extensive study of strained Ge/Si 0.2 Ge 0.8 multiquantum wells grown by
ultrahigh-vacuum chemical-vapor deposition. The microstructural properties of the samples …

Broadly tunable single-mode mid-infrared quantum cascade lasers

B Meng, QJ Wang - Journal of Optics, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, we review the recent progress in broadly tunable single-mode mid-infrared
quantum cascade lasers (QCLs). With a brief introduction on various applications of broadly …

Evaluation of material systems for THz quantum cascade laser active regions

H Detz, AM Andrews, MA Kainz… - … status solidi (a), 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) have been realized in several different material systems. In
the mid‐infrared, active regions are predominantly based on In0. 53Ga0. 47As and InAs as …

[HTML][HTML] 8-band k· p modelling of mid-infrared intersubband absorption in Ge quantum wells

DJ Paul - Journal of Applied Physics, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
The 8-band k· p parameters which include the direct band coupling between the conduction
and the valence bands are derived and used to model optical intersubband transitions in Ge …

Design and simulation of losses in Ge/SiGe terahertz quantum cascade laser waveguides

K Gallacher, M Ortolani, K Rew, C Ciano… - Optics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
The waveguide losses from a range of surface plasmon and double metal waveguides for
Ge/Si_1− xGe_x THz quantum cascade laser gain media are investigated at 4.79 THz (62.6 …