Luminescence spectra of a quantum-dot cascade laser
Author(s) -
Vadym Apalkov,
Tapash Chakraborty
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
applied physics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.182
H-Index - 442
eISSN - 1077-3118
pISSN - 0003-6951
DOI - 10.1063/1.1357808
Subject(s) - quantum dot , lasing threshold , quantum dot laser , luminescence , quantum cascade laser , laser , spectral line , spectroscopy , principal quantum number , molecular physics , electron , cascade , emission spectrum , atomic physics , blueshift , physics , chemistry , photoluminescence , quantum well , optoelectronics , quantum , optics , quantum mechanics , quantum dissipation , chromatography
A quantum cascade laser where the quantum wells in the active regions arereplaced by quantum dots with their atom-like discrete energy levels is aninteresting system to study novel features in optical spectroscopy. We studystructures suitable for diagonal lasing transitions in coupled dots, andvertical lasing transitions in a single dot, in the active regions of the laserdevice. The luminescence spectra as a function of electron number and dot sizeshow that for diagonal transitions, a significant amount of blue-shift in theemission spectra can be achieved by increasing electron population in thequantum dots as well as by decreasing the size of the dots.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
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