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HL: Fachverband Halbleiterphysik
HL 16: Quantum dots: Transport (joint session HL/TT)
HL 16.6: Talk
Tuesday, March 28, 2023, 11:15–11:30, POT 151
Carrier dynamics in quantum-dot tunnel- injection structures: microscopic theory and experiment — •Michael Lorke1, Igor Khanonkin2, Stephan Michael1, Johann Peter Reithmaier3, Gadi Eisenstein2, and Frank Jahnke1 — 1Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Bremen, Otto-Hahn-Allee 1, Bremen, 28359, Germany — 2Electrical Engineering Department and Rus- sel Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion, Haifa, 32000, Israel — 3Technische Physik, Institute of Nanostructure Technologies and Ana- lytics, Center of Interdisciplinary Nanostructure Science and Technol- ogy (CINSaT), University of Kassel, Kassel, 34132, Germany
Among the challenges for the next generation of semiconductor lasers is the enhancement of their modulation speed to satisfy the need for higher data transfer rates. For this purpose, tunnel injection lasers are an appealing concept, as they promise improved modulation rates and better temperature stability. Moreover, they eliminate a major detri- mental effect of quantum dot lasers, which is the gain nonlinearity caused by hot carriers. It is shown in this work how the aforemen- tioned improvements depend on the design of tunnel-injection devices. We perform a theory-experiment comparison on scattering times in tunnel injection devices to highlight the importance of alignment be- tween the injector well and the quantum dot ensemble. It is shown how differences in the coupling to the injector quantum well caused by the alignment lead to scattering times into the quantum dot ensemble that vary by an order of magnitude.