Next-generation mid-infrared sources

D Jung, S Bank, ML Lee, D Wasserman - Journal of Optics, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The mid-infrared (mid-IR) is a wavelength range with a variety of technologically vital
applications in molecular sensing, security and defense, energy conservation, and …

Novel dilute bismide, epitaxy, physical properties and device application

L Wang, L Zhang, L Yue, D Liang, X Chen, Y Li, P Lu… - Crystals, 2017 - mdpi.com
Dilute bismide in which a small amount of bismuth is incorporated to host III-Vs is the least
studied III-V compound semiconductor and has received steadily increasing attention since …

Valence band engineering of GaAsBi for low noise avalanche photodiodes

Y Liu, X Yi, NJ Bailey, Z Zhou, TBO Rockett… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Avalanche Photodiodes (APDs) are key semiconductor components that amplify
weak optical signals via the impact ionization process, but this process' stochastic nature …

Electrical injection Ga (AsBi)/(AlGa) As single quantum well laser

P Ludewig, N Knaub, N Hossain, S Reinhard… - Applied Physics …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
The Ga (AsBi) material system opens opportunities in the field of high efficiency infrared
laser diodes. We report on the growth, structural investigations, and lasing properties of …

First-principles calculations of bismuth induced changes in the band structure of dilute Ga–V–Bi and In–V–Bi alloys: chemical trends versus experimental data

MP Polak, P Scharoch… - … Science and Technology, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Bi-induced changes in the band structure of Ga–V–Bi and In–V–Bi alloys are calculated
within the density functional theory (DFT) for alloys with Bi≤ 3.7% and the observed …

Progress toward III–V bismide alloys for near-and midinfrared laser diodes

IP Marko, SJ Sweeney - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Bismuth-containing III-V alloys open-up a range of possibilities for practical applications in
semiconductor lasers, photovoltaics, spintronics, photodiodes, and thermoelectrics. Of …

Localization effects and band gap of GaAsBi alloys

AR Mohmad, F Bastiman, CJ Hunter… - … status solidi (b), 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The structural and optical properties of GaAs1− xBix alloys for x up to 0.108 have been
investigated by high resolution X‐ray diffraction and photoluminescence (PL). At room …

Optical gain in GaAsBi/GaAs quantum well diode lasers

IP Marko, CA Broderick, S **, P Ludewig, W Stolz… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract Electrically pumped GaAsBi/GaAs quantum well lasers are a promising new class
of near-infrared devices where, by use of the unusual band structure properties of GaAsBi …

Quantum wells, superlattices, and band-gap engineering

M Fox, R Ispasoiu - Springer handbook of electronic and photonic …, 2017 - Springer
This chapter reviews the principles of bandgap engineering and quantum confinement in
semiconductors, with a particular emphasis on the optoelectronic properties of quantum …

Requirements for a GaAsBi 1 eV sub-cell in a GaAs-based multi-junction solar cell

T Thomas, A Mellor, NP Hylton, M Führer… - Semiconductor …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Multi-junction solar cells achieve high efficiency by stacking sub-cells of different bandgaps
(typically GaInP/GaAs/Ge) resulting in efficiencies in excess of 40%. The efficiency can be …