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A p-type-doped quantum dot superluminescent LED with broadband and flat-topped emission spectra obtained by post-growth intermixing under a GaAs proximity cap

Z Y Zhang, Q Jiang, I J Luxmoore and R A Hogg

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Broadband superluminescent light emitting diodes are realized by a post-growth annealing process, on modulation p-doped multiple InAs/InGaAs/GaAs quantum dot layer structures, under a GaAs proximity cap. The device exhibits a large and flat emission with spectral width up to 132 nm at 2 mW. This is mainly attributed to the reduction of the energy separation between the ground state and the excited state, in addition to the optical quality of the intermixed modulation p-doped quantum dot materials being comparable to that of the as-grown sample.


PACS

78.60.Fi Electroluminescence

85.60.Jb Light-emitting devices

81.40.Ef Cold working, work hardening; annealing, post-deformation annealing, quenching, tempering recovery, and crystallization

81.07.Ta Quantum dots

73.40.Kp III-V semiconductor-to-semiconductor contacts, p-n junctions, and heterojunctions

78.55.Cr III-V semiconductors

Subjects

Electronics and devices

Condensed matter: electrical, magnetic and optical

Semiconductors

Surfaces, interfaces and thin films

Optics, quantum optics and lasers

Nanoscale science and low-D systems

Condensed matter: structural, mechanical & thermal

Dates

Issue 5 (4 February 2009)

Received 15 September 2008, in final form 11 December 2008

Published 9 January 2009



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