Buried‐Tunnel Junction Current Injection for InP‐Based Nanomembrane Photonic Crystal Surface Emitting Lasers on Silicon

Abstract

Herein, the design, metal‐organic vapor‐phase epitaxial growth, fabrication, and characterization of buried‐tunnel junction (BTJ) current injection structures for InP/Si hybrid nanomembrane photonic crystal surface emitting lasers (PCSELs) are reported. Corresponding BTJ‐light‐emitting diodes on InP substrate show low series resistance and uniform carrier injection over square‐shaped device areas with side length ranging from 15 up to 250 μm, whereas BTJ‐PCSEL structures with similar current injection configuration fabricated on photonic‐crystal silicon‐on‐insulator substrate using transfer print technology show significant linewidth narrowing at low current density.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Sep 29, 2019
Source ID
10.1002/pssa.201900527

Entities

People

  • Carl Reuterskiöld Hedlund
  • Deyin Zhao
  • Mattias Hammar
  • Shih-chia Liu
  • Weidong Zhou

Organizations

  • Army Research Office
  • Royal Institute of Technology
  • Swedish Research Council
  • University of Texas at Arlington

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Fields of Study

  • Materials science

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  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.
  • Semiconductor Device Technology
  • Solar Photovoltaics and Thermoelectric Devices.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene