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Effect of nitrogen on the band structure and material gain of InyGa1-yAs1-xNx-GaAs quantum wells

J.-M. Ulloa
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J.L. Sanchez-Rojas
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A. Hierro
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J.M.G. Tijero
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Résumé

The conduction subband structure of InGaAsN-GaAs quantum wells (QWs) is calculated using the band anticrossing model, and its influence on the design of long-wavelength InGaAsN-GaAs QW lasers is analyzed. A good agreementwith experimental values is found for the QW zone center transition energies. In particular, a different dependence of the effective bandgap with temperature when compared to the equivalent N-free structure is predicted by the model and experimentally observed. A detailed analysis of the conduction subband structure shows that nitrogen strongly decreases the electron energies and increases the effective masses. A very small N incorporation is also found to increase the nonparabolicity, but this effect saturates for higher nitrogen contents. Both the In content and well width decrease the effective masses and nonparabolicity of the conduction subbands. Material gain as a function of the injection level is calculated for InGaAsN-GaAs QWs for moderate carrier densities. The peak gain at a fixed carrier density is found to be reduced, compared to InGaAs, for a small N content, but this reduction tends to saturate when the N content is further increased. For the gain peak energy, a monotonous strong shift to lower energies is obtained for increasing N content, supporting the feasibility of 1.55-μm emission from InGaAsN-GaAs QW laser diodes.

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hal-00327321 , version 1 (08-10-2008)

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J.-M. Ulloa, J.L. Sanchez-Rojas, A. Hierro, J.M.G. Tijero, E. Tournié. Effect of nitrogen on the band structure and material gain of InyGa1-yAs1-xNx-GaAs quantum wells. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 2003, 9 (3), pp.716-722. ⟨10.1109/JSTQE.2003.818860⟩. ⟨hal-00327321⟩
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