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Fabrication of 3.9–4.2 μm mid-infrared surface emitting PbSe/PbEuTe quantum dot lasers using molecular beam epitaxy

✍ Scribed by G. Springholz; T. Schwarzl; W. Heiss; T. Fromherz; G. Bauer; M. Aigle; H. Pascher; I. Vavra


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2002
Tongue
English
Weight
191 KB
Volume
13
Category
Article
ISSN
1386-9477

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✦ Synopsis


The fabrication of 3.9 -4:2 m mid-infrared surface emitting PbSe quantum dot lasers is reported. The self-assembled PbSe quantum dots are produced molecular beam epitaxy of PbSe on 5.4% lattice-mismatched PbEuTe barrier layers. The whole laser structure, grown on (1 1 1) oriented BaF2 substrates, consists of two high re ectivity epitaxial EuTe=PbEuTe Bragg mirrors and a self-organized PbSe=Pb 1-x EuxTe quantum dot superlattice as active region in between. Narrow laser emission at 4.2-3:9 m induced by optical pumping is achieved at temperatures up to 90 K. The observed simultaneous two-mode laser emission indicates a width of the inhomogeneously broadened PbSe dot gain spectrum of about 20 meV.