Direct-gap gain and optical absorption in germanium correlated to the density of photoexcited carriers, doping, and strain

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Carroll, Lee ^a   Friedli, Peter ^a   Neuenschwander, Stefan ^a   Sigg, Hans ^a   Cecchi, Stefano ^b   Isa, Fabio ^b   Chrastina, Daniel ^b   Isella, Giovanni ^b   Fedoryshyn, Yuriy ^c   Faist, Jérôme ^c  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAIN SPECTRA; OPTICAL AMPLIFICATIONS; OPTICALLY PUMPED; PHOTOEXCITED CARRIERS; REFLECTION SPECTRA;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; SILICON;

GERMANIUM;

EID: 84864467990     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.057402     Document Type: Article

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