E. Kasper, M. Kittler, M. Oehme, T. Arguirov. Germanium tin: silicon photonics toward the mid-infrared [Invited][J]. Photonics Research, 2013, 1(2): 69
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Fig. 1. Si photonics scheme on an SOI wafer. Waveguides are from Si. Active devices are from Ge on Si.
Fig. 2. Indirect bandgap E g L Z 1 / 3
Fig. 3. Energy difference Δ E g L / Γ Z 1 / 3 Δ E g = 0
Fig. 4. Heteroepitaxial GeSn/Ge layers on Si and SOI substrates for photonic devices. The interfaces with misfit dislocation networks are marked.
Fig. 5. Equilibrium phase diagram of Ge–Sn. Shown is the Ge rich side up to 15% Sn.
Fig. 6. Critical epitaxial thickness h 1 x et al. [35].
Fig. 7. Extraction of direct bandgap for different Sn contents of GeSn from responsivity R opt
Fig. 8. Decrease of Δ E g
Fig. 9. EL spectra of compressively strained GeSn LEDs on Ge VS with different Sn content. The intensity maximum was normalized to 100% to make clear the infrared shift (lower energy) obtained with few percent Sn incorporation.
Fig. 10. Ellipsometry of epitaxial GeSn layers up to 20% Sn content. Shown are the refractive index n k
Fig. 11. Maximum position (wavelength) of the refractive index as a function of the lattice constants of SiGe and GeSn.
Fig. 12. In situ reflection measurements of epitaxial GeSn on Si at wavelengths of 470 and 950 nm.
Fig. 13. Raman scattering of GeSn on Si. Shown is the region around the Ge–Sn phonon peak.
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Table 1. Summary of the Properties E g a Δ E b a 0 c α
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