4.6 Article

A self-consistent numerical approach for characterizing the band structures and gain spectrum of tensile-strained and n+-doped Ge/GeSi quantum wells

Journal

JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS
Volume 50, Issue 47, Pages -

Publisher

IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/aa8ed5

Keywords

quantum wells; computer simulations; electronic band structure; optical properties

Funding

  1. National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) [2015CB351902, 2015CB932402]
  2. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [11374295, 61177070, U1431231]
  3. National Key R&D Program of China [2016YFB0402402, 2016YFB0400601]
  4. National Key Research Program of China [2011ZX01015001]
  5. Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences CAS [QYZDY-SSW-JSC004]
  6. Beijing Science and Technology Projects [Z151100001615042]

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The strain-engineered and n(+-)doped Ge/GexSi(1-x) alloy quantum well (QW) has the potential to be light-emitting material for Si-based photonics. Meanwhile, high doping concentration and injection carrier density induce electrostatic potential to the band profile. This effect is known as the carrier screening effect (CSE). So far, the CSE has not been sufficiently investigated in Ge/GexSi(1-x) QW. In this work, we analyze the optical gain of a strained Ge/GexSi(1-x) QW by means of a Schrodinger-Poisson self-consistent approach. The result shows that the optical gain of the QW is related to the doping profile. The electrostatic potential is important to the optical properties of the indirect-band QW. Without considering the CSE, the optical gain could be underestimated by 22.8%. We designed a doping strategy that alleviates the strain requirement for achieving positive optical gain. For designing Ge/GexSi(1-x) alloy material for Si photonics, simulation performed by this method reflects key information for both strain engineering and doping strategy.

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