ELECTROLUMINESCENCE FROM STRAINED SIGE/SI QUANTUM-WELL STRUCTURES GROWN BY SOLID SOURCE SI MOLECULAR-BEAM EPITAXY

被引:29
作者
FUKATSU, S [1 ]
USAMI, N [1 ]
CHINZEI, T [1 ]
SHIRAKI, Y [1 ]
NISHIDA, A [1 ]
NAKAGAWA, K [1 ]
机构
[1] HITACHI LTD, CENT RES LAB, KOKUBUNJI, TOKYO 185, JAPAN
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS & EXPRESS LETTERS | 1992年 / 31卷 / 8A期
关键词
ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; STRAINED SIGE/SI QUANTUM WELL; SOLID SOURCE SI MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; HOLE DEPOPULATION;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.31.L1015
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
Electroluminescence (EL) is reported for Si0.8Ge0.2/Si quantum well (QW) structures grown by "solid source" Si molecular beam epitaxy for the first time. The spectral profile was dominated by SiGe quantum well emissions, no-phonon (NP) transitions due to symmetry-breaking SiGe alloy disordering and its transverse optical (TO) phonon replica. EL was observed from 27 up to 120 K. The integrated intensity was found to linearly increase with increasing injection current. Hole depopulation out of the quantized state was responsible for EL spectral variation at higher temperatures.
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页码:L1015 / L1017
页数:3
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