Direct-gap and indirect-gap transitions in strain-compensated Ge/SiGe multiple quantum wells with Ge-rich SiGe barriers have been studied by optical transmission spectroscopy and photoluminescence experiments. An s p3 d5 s tight-binding model has been adopted to interpret the experimental results. Photoluminescence spectra and their comparison with theoretical calculations prove the existence of type-I band alignment in compressively strained Ge quantum wells grown on relaxed Ge-rich SiGe buffers. The high quality of the transmission spectra opens up other perspectives for application of these structures in near-infrared optical modulators. © 2008 The American Physical Society.

Bonfanti, M., Virgilio, M., Chrastina, D., Isella, G., Grilli, E., Guzzi, M., et al. (2008). Optical transitions in Ge/SiGe multiple quantum wells with Ge-rich barriers. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER AND MATERIALS PHYSICS, 78, 041407 [10.1103/PhysRevB.78.041407].

Optical transitions in Ge/SiGe multiple quantum wells with Ge-rich barriers

BONFANTI, MATTEO;GRILLI, EMANUELE ENRICO;GUZZI, MARIO;
2008

Abstract

Direct-gap and indirect-gap transitions in strain-compensated Ge/SiGe multiple quantum wells with Ge-rich SiGe barriers have been studied by optical transmission spectroscopy and photoluminescence experiments. An s p3 d5 s tight-binding model has been adopted to interpret the experimental results. Photoluminescence spectra and their comparison with theoretical calculations prove the existence of type-I band alignment in compressively strained Ge quantum wells grown on relaxed Ge-rich SiGe buffers. The high quality of the transmission spectra opens up other perspectives for application of these structures in near-infrared optical modulators. © 2008 The American Physical Society.
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Spectroscopy, semiconductors, quantum structures
English
2008
78
041407
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Bonfanti, M., Virgilio, M., Chrastina, D., Isella, G., Grilli, E., Guzzi, M., et al. (2008). Optical transitions in Ge/SiGe multiple quantum wells with Ge-rich barriers. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER AND MATERIALS PHYSICS, 78, 041407 [10.1103/PhysRevB.78.041407].
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