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    Advanced GeSn/SiGeSn Group IV Heterostructure Lasers
    (Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, 2018) von den Driesch, Nils; Stange, Daniela; Rainko, Denis; Povstugar, Ivan; Zaumseil, Peter; Capellini, Giovanni; Schröder, Thomas; Denneulin, Thibaud; Ikonic, Zoran; Hartmann, Jean-Michel; Sigg, Hans; Mantl, Siegfried; Grützmacher, Detlev; Buca, Dan
    Growth and characterization of advanced group IV semiconductor materials with CMOS-compatible applications are demonstrated, both in photonics. The investigated GeSn/SiGeSn heterostructures combine direct bandgap GeSn active layers with indirect gap ternary SiGeSn claddings, a design proven its worth already decades ago in the III–V material system. Different types of double heterostructures and multi-quantum wells (MQWs) are epitaxially grown with varying well thicknesses and barriers. The retaining high material quality of those complex structures is probed by advanced characterization methods, such as atom probe tomography and dark-field electron holography to extract composition parameters and strain, used further for band structure calculations. Special emphasis is put on the impact of carrier confinement and quantization effects, evaluated by photoluminescence and validated by theoretical calculations. As shown, particularly MQW heterostructures promise the highest potential for efficient next generation complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS)-compatible group IV lasers.
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    Raman shifts in MBE-grown SixGe1 − x − ySny alloys with large Si content
    (Chichester [u.a.] : Wiley, 2021) Schlipf, Jon; Tetzner, Henriette; Spirito, Davide; Manganelli, Costanza L.; Capellini, Giovanni; Huang, Michael R. S.; Koch, Christoph T.; Clausen, Caterina J.; Elsayed, Ahmed; Oehme, Michael; Chiussi, Stefano; Schulze, Jörg; Fischer, Inga A.
    We examine the Raman shift in silicon–germanium–tin alloys with high silicon content grown on a germanium virtual substrate by molecular beam epitaxy. The Raman shifts of the three most prominent modes, Si–Si, Si–Ge, and Ge–Ge, are measured and compared with results in previous literature. We analyze and fit the dependence of the three modes on the composition and strain of the semiconductor alloys. We also demonstrate the calculation of the composition and strain of SixGe1 − x − ySny from the Raman shifts alone, based on the fitted relationships. Our analysis extends previous results to samples lattice matched on Ge and with higher Si content than in prior comprehensive Raman analyses, thus making Raman measurements as a local, fast, and nondestructive characterization technique accessible for a wider compositional range of these ternary alloys for silicon-based photonic and microelectronic devices.