Demonstration of a Ge/GeSn/Ge Quantum-Well Microdisk Resonator on Silicon: Enabling High-Quality Ge(Sn) Materials for Micro- and Nanophotonics
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- 5 December 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Nano Letters
- Vol. 14 (1) , 37-43
Abstract
We theoretically study and experimentally demonstrate a pseudomorphic Ge/Ge0.92Sn0.08/Ge quantum-well microdisk resonator on Ge/Si (001) as a route toward a compact GeSn-based laser on silicon. The structure theoretically exhibits many electronic and optical advantages in laser design, and microdisk resonators using these structures can be precisely fabricated away from highly defective regions in the Ge buffer using a novel etch-stop process. Photoluminescence measurements on 2.7 μm diameter microdisks reveal sharp whispering-gallery-mode resonances (Q > 340) with strong luminescence.Keywords
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