Enhanced direct bandgap emission in germanium by micromechanical strain engineering

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 16358-16365

  Lim, Peng Huei ^a   Park, Sungbong ^a   Ishikawa, Yasuhiko ^a   Wada, Kazumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE INJECTION; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; ENERGY GAP; GERMANIUM; HOLE CONCENTRATION; LIGHT SOURCES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES;

ACTIVE MATERIAL; BAND-GAP EMISSION; BIAXIAL TENSILE STRAIN; EMISSION EFFICIENCIES; MICRO-MECHANICAL; MICROMECHANICAL STRUCTURES; STRAIN ENGINEERING; WAVELENGTH TUNING;

TENSILE STRAIN;

EID: 69949112051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.016358     Document Type: Article

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