Electroluminescence from Strained Ge membranes and Implications for an Efficient Si-Compatible Laser

Details Electroluminescence from Strained Ge membranes and Implications for an Efficient Si-Compatible Laser Electroluminescence from Strained Ge membranes and Implications for an Efficient Si-Compatible Laser

2012-02-16

arxiv.org/abs/1202.3530v1

Physics

Optics

4 Pages, 5 figures

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We demonstrate room-temperature electroluminescence (EL) from light-emitting diodes (LED) on highly strained germanium (Ge) membranes. An external stressor technique was employed to introduce a 0.76% bi-axial tensile strain in the active region of a vertical PN junction. Electrical measurements show an on-off ratio increase of one order of magnitude in membrane LEDs compared to bulk. The EL spectrum from the 0.76% strained Ge LED shows a 100nm redshift of the center wavelength because of the strain-induced direct band gap reduction. Finally, using tight-binding and FDTD simulations, we discuss the implications for highly efficient Ge lasers.

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