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EE 232: Lightwave Devices Lecture #11 – Gain in quantum wells Instructor: Seth A. Fortuna Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences University of California, Berkeley 2/25/2019

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Page 1: Lecture #11 Gain in quantum wellsee232/sp19/lectures... · Lecture #11 –Gain in quantum wells Instructor: Seth A. Fortuna Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

EE 232: Lightwave Devices

Lecture #11 – Gain in quantum wells

Instructor: Seth A. Fortuna

Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

University of California, Berkeley

2/25/2019

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2Fortuna – E3S Seminar

Transparency condition for quantum well(estimation)

2

0

( )D

subband

n

n zs

n N f E dEL

= = 2

0

*

1 exp[( ) / ]

Let ( ) /

en

z c

c

m dEN

L E F kT

x E F kT

=+ −

= −

( )2

( )/

( )

*

/

2

*

2

*

[

1

)]

) / ]

ln(1

ln 1 exp[(

g en c

g en c

en x

z

xe

z

en

E E F kT

E E

n

F k

c

z

T

g e

m dxN

L e

m kT

L

m kTN E E kF T

L

x e

+

+ −

=+

=

= −

− +

+ −

( )*

21 )ln ex /p ][(h

m hm v

z

m kTP E F kT

L= + −

similarly,

(total carrier density) (carrier density within single subband)

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Transparency condition for quantum well(estimation)

If only one subband is filled,

2

*

2

*

ln exp 1

ln exp 1

zc g en

mv h

h

z

e

F nL

kT Em kT

LF kT E

m k

E

pT

− +

− +

=

+

= −

en

c v hmF F E− = (transparency condition)

After several lines of algebra, and assuming quasi-neutrality (n=p), we obtain an equation in terms of transparency carrier density

/ /1tr c vtrn n n n

e e− −

+ =

where,*

2

*

2

z

z

ec

hv

m kTn

L

m kTn

L

=

=

n

18 310 cmtrn −=

L 8nmz =

InGaAs

//

tv

trc

rn

nn

ne

e−

−+

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0.5( )vf E

E

1

Gain spectrum (T=0K)

0

Fermi inversion factor

0

1 1C HH−

1 1C LH−

E

cF

vF

1HH

1LH

1 1C HH−

) (

()

(

(

)

)p c v

g

g ff

=

=

0.5 1( )cf E

1C

1 1C LH−

1

1

e

hEvcF F−

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0.5( )vf E

E

Gain spectrum (T=0K)

0

Fermi inversion factor

0

1 1C HH−

1 1C LH−

E

cF

vF

1HH

1LH

1

1 1C HH−

) (

()

(

(

)

)p c v

g

g ff

=

=

0.5 1( )cf E

1C

1 1C LH−

1

1

e

hEvcF F−

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0.5( )vf E

E

1

Gain spectrum (T=0K)

0

Fermi inversion factor

0

1 1C HH−

1 1C LH−

E

cF

vF

1HH

1LH

1 1C HH−

) (

()

(

(

)

)p c v

g

g ff

=

=

0.5 1( )cf E

1C

1 1C LH−

1

1

e

hEvcF F−

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7Fortuna – E3S Seminar

0.5( )vf E

E

1

Gain spectrum (T=0K)

0

Fermi inversion factor

1

1

e

hEvcF F−

0

1 1C HH−

1 1C LH−

E

cF

vF

1C

1HH

1LH

1 1C HH−

) (

()

(

(

)

)p c v

g

g ff

=

=

0.5 1( )cf E

1 1C LH−

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0.5( )vf E

E

1

Gain spectrum (T=0K)

0

Fermi inversion factor

0

1 1C HH−

1 1C LH−

1 1C HH−

1 1C LH−

E

cF

vF

1HH

1LH

) (

()

(

(

)

)p c v

g

g ff

=

=

0.5 1( )cf E

1C

1

1

e

hEvcF F−

C1-LH1 transition starts contributing to absorption

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0.5 1

0.5

( )cf E

( )vf E

E

1

Gain spectrum (T=300K)

0

Fermi inversion factor

0

1 1C HH−

1 1C LH−

E

cF

vF

1HH

1LH

) (

()

(

(

)

)p c v

g

g ff

=

=

1 1C HH−

1 1C LH−

1C

1

1

e

hEvcF F−

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0.5 1

0.5

( )cf E

( )vf E

E

1

Gain spectrum (T=300K)

Fermi inversion factor

0

1 1C HH−

1 1C LH−

E

cF

vF

1HH

1LH

) (

()

(

(

)

)p c v

g

g ff

=

=

1 1C HH−

1 1C LH−

1C

1

1

e

hEvcF F−

0

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0.5 1

0.5

( )cf E

( )vf E

E

1

Gain spectrum (T=300K)

Fermi inversion factor

1

1

e

hEvcF F−

0

1 1C HH−

1 1C LH−

E

cF

vF

1HH

1LH

) (

()

(

(

)

)p c v

g

g ff

=

=

1 1C HH−

1 1C LH−

1C

0

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0.5 1

0.5

( )cf E

( )vf E

E

1

Gain spectrum (T=300K)

Fermi inversion factor

0

1 1C HH−

1 1C LH−

1 1C HH−

1 1C LH−

E

cF

vF

1C

1HH

1LH

1

1

e

hEvcF F−

0

) (

()

(

(

)

)p c v

g

g ff

=

=

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0.5( )vf E

E

1

Gain spectrum (T=300K)

0

Fermi inversion factor

0

1 1C HH−

1 1C LH−

1 1C HH−

1 1C LH−

) (

()

(

(

)

)p c v

g

g ff

=

=

E

cF

vF

1HH

1LH

0.5 1( )cf E

1C

1

1

e

hEvcF F−

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Gain spectrum

Fermi inversion factor

1 1C HH−

1 1C LH−

1 1C HH−

1 1C LH−

) (

()

(

(

)

)p c v

g

g ff

=

=

1K77K

300K

1K77K

300K

0.85eVF =

InP/In0.53Ga0.47As quantum well(Transverse electric mode)

6 nmzL =

0.85eVF =

Bandgap temperature dependence is ignored here

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Gain spectrum

Fermi inversion factor

1 1C HH−

1 1C LH−

1 1C HH−

1 1C LH−

) (

()

(

(

)

)p c v

g

g ff

=

=

InP/In0.53Ga0.47As quantum well(Transverse electric mode)

6 nmzL =

.

1.0

.

0.

0 9

0

6

8

F

F

F

F

=

=

=

=T=300K

.

1.0

.

0.

0 9

0

6

8

F

F

F

F

=

=

=

=

T=300K