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1.3 μm InAs/GaAs Quantum Dot Led

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

D. Childs ,
S. Malik ,
P. Siverns ,
C. Roberts  and
R. Murray
D. Childs
Affiliation:
Centre for Electronic Materials and Devices, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London, UK
S. Malik
Affiliation:
Centre for Electronic Materials and Devices, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London, UK
P. Siverns
Affiliation:
Centre for Electronic Materials and Devices, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London, UK
C. Roberts
Affiliation:
Centre for Electronic Materials and Devices, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London, UK
R. Murray
Affiliation:
Centre for Electronic Materials and Devices, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London, UK
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Abstract

We have determined the growth conditions which result in a narrow linewidth and room temperature emission at 1.3pm from InAs/GaAs Quantum dots (QDs). The QDs formed under these conditions are extremely uniform in size and exhibit an emission linewidth of only 25meV. Single QD layers have been incorporated into p-i-n diodes which exhibit strong electroluminescence. We have compared the efficiency of these devices with a nominally identical quantum well device. The QD based device exhibits a higher electroluminescence efficiency, especially at low current densities. At higher current densities there is a loss of efficiency due to recombination from excited states.

Operated under reverse bias, the diodes act as photo-detectors and the measured photocurrent spectrum exhibits peaks due to absorption in the ground and excited states of the QDs as well as the 2D confining layer.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 571: Symposium W – Semiconductor Quantum Dots , 1999 , 267
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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