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ABSTRACT: We investigate two- and three-electron spin blockade in three vertical quantum dots (QDs) coupled in series. Two-electron spin blockade is found in a region where sequential tunneling through all QDs is forbidden but tunneling involving virtual hopping through an empty QD is allowed. It is observed only for the hole cycle with a distinct bias threshold for access to the triplet state. Three-electron spin blockade involving the quadruplet state is observed for nonequibilium conditions where sequential tunneling is allowed and the triplet state is accessible. Our results shine light on the importance of the nonequibilium conditions to obtain sufficient population of triplet and quadruplet states necessary for spin blockade.
Physical Review Letters 01/2013; 110(1):016803. · 7.37 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Time-resolved photoluminescence (PL) characteristics of type-II GaAsSb/GaAs quantum wells are presented. The PL kinetics are determined by the dynamic band bending effect and the distribution of localized centers below the quantum well band gap. The dynamic band bending results from the spatially separated electron and hole distribution functions evolving in time. It strongly depends on the optical pump power density and causes temporal renormalization of the quantum well ground-state energy occurring a few nanoseconds after the optical pulse excitation. Moreover, it alters the optical transition oscillator strength. The measured PL lifetime is 4.5 ns. We point out the critical role of the charge transfer processes between the quantum well and localized centers, which accelerate the quantum well photoluminescence decay at low temperature. However, at elevated temperatures the thermally activated back transfer process slows down the quantum well photoluminescence kinetics. A three-level rate equation model is proposed to explain these observations.
Journal of Physics Condensed Matter 04/2012; 24(18):185801. · 2.55 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Efficient mode-locking in a Tm:KY(WO(4))(2) laser is demonstrated by using InGaAsSb quantum-well SESAMs. Self-starting ultrashort pulse generation was realized in the 1979-2074 nm spectral region. Maximum average output power up to 411 mW was produced around 1986 nm with the corresponding pulse duration and repetition rate of 549 fs and 105 MHz respectively. Optimised pulse durations of 386 fs were produced with an average power of 235 mW at 2029 nm.
Optics Express 05/2011; 19(10):9995-10000. · 3.59 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Reported for the first time is a full GaAs-based room-temperature near infrared (NIR) up-conversion device fabricated by wafer-fusing a GaNAsSb/GaAs pin photodetector (PD) with a GaAs/AlGaAs light emitting diode (LED). NIR photons with wavelengths in the range 1.3-1.6 μm were up-converted to 0.87 μm.
Electronics Letters 04/2011; · 0.96 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: The carrier dynamics in type-II GaAsSb/GaAs quantum well (QW) is investigated by time-resolved photoluminescence at low temperature. A detailed analysis of the experimental data reveal a complex carrier relaxation scenario involving both delocalized and localized states. We show that the QW emission is controlled by the dynamics of the band bending effect, related to temporal changes in the spatial charge separation near the GaAsSb/GaAs heterointerface, whereas localized states play a significant role in the carrier relaxation/redistribution between QW states.
Applied Physics Letters 02/2011; 98(6):061910-061910-3. · 3.84 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: We report on the spectroscopic characterization, continuous-wave and continuous wave mode-locked laser performance of bulk Tm(3+):GPNG fluorogermanate and Tm(3+)-Ho(3+):TZN tellurite glass lasers around 2 μm. A slope efficiency of up to 50% and 190 mW of output power were achieved from the Tm(3+):GPNG laser at 1944 nm during continuous wave operation. The Tm(3+)-Ho(3+):TZN laser produced a 26% slope efficiency with a maximum output power of 74 mW at 2012 nm. The Tm(3+):GPNG produced near-transform-limited pulses of 410 fs duration centered at 1997 nm with up to 84 mW of average output power and repetition frequency of 222 MHz when was passively modelocked using an ion-implanted InGaAsSb-based quantum well SESAM. Using the same SESAM, the Tm(3+)-Ho(3+):TZN laser generated 630-fs pulses with 38 mW of average output power at 2012 nm. Data analysis of pulses at different intracavity pulse energies provided an estimation of n(2) at 2012 nm of 2.9 × 10(-15) cm(2)/W for the Tm(3+)-Ho(3+):TZN.
Optics Express 10/2010; 18(21):22090-8. · 3.59 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: A tunable external cavity laser (ECL) near 3.24 m was developed using semiconductor laser gain chips based on GaSb. The type-1 interband laser diodes were grown by molecular beam epitaxy using 17 nm InGaAsSb compressively-strained quantum wells with 30 nm AlInGaAsSb quinary barriers for improved hole confinement. In continuous-wave operation with a diode temperature of 10 C, the ECLs produce up to 1.8 mW of singlemode output power with a tuning range of 60 nm. The devices are tunable through the fundamental <sub>3</sub> vibrational absorption features of methane gas, providing a platform for highly-sensitive detection of trace hydrocarbons.
Electronics Letters 09/2010; · 0.96 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: We report, for the first time to our knowledge, femtosecond-pulse operation of a Tm,Ho:NaY(WO(4))(2) laser at around 2060 nm. Transform-limited 191 fs pulses are produced with an average output power of 82 mW at a 144 MHz pulse repetition frequency. Maximum output power of up to 155 mW is generated with a corresponding pulse duration of 258 fs. An ion-implanted InGaAsSb quantum-well-based semiconductor saturable absorber mirror is used for passive mode-locking maintenance.
Optics Letters 09/2010; 35(18):3027-9. · 3.40 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: We describe the electronic properties of a double dot for which the lateral coupling between the two vertical dots can be controlled in-situ with a center gate voltage (Vc) and the current flows through the two dots in series. When Vc is large and positive, the two dots merge. As Vc is made less positive, two dots are formed whose coupling is reduced. We measure charging diagrams for positive and negative source-drain voltages in the weak coupling regime and observe current rectification due to the Pauli spin blockade when the hyperfine interaction between the electrons and the nuclei is suppressed. Comment: 16 pages, 3 figures, accepted for Applied Physics Letters
07/2010;
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ABSTRACT: We report on the experimental observation of the quantum oscillations in microwave magnetoabsorption of a high-mobility two-dimensional electron gas induced by Landau quantization. Using original resonance-cavity technique, we observe two kinds of oscillations in the magnetoabsorption originating from inter-Landau-level and intra-Landau-level transitions. The experimental observations are in full accordance with theoretical predictions. Presented theory also explains why similar quantum oscillations are not observed in transmission and reflection experiments on high-mobility structures despite of very strong effect of microwaves on the dc resistance in the same samples. Comment: 4+ pages, 4 figures
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J. Pulka,
G. Madden,
G. Huyet,
J. Houlihan,
J. Pozo,
N. Vogiatzis,
P. Ivanov,
J. M. Rorison,
P. J. Barrios, J. A. Gupta
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ABSTRACT: The gain and refractive index dynamics of dilute nitride antimonide semiconductor optical amplifiers are studied using heterodyne pump probe spectroscopy, both in forward and reverse bias regimes. In the forward biased absorption regime, both gain and refractive index relax on the same timescale indicating that both quantities are linked to the same relaxation process, interband recombination. Above transparency, in the forward biased gain regime, the gain and phase exhibit differing timescales resulting in a dynamical alpha factor that varies strongly with time. Reversed bias measurements suggest a recombination dominated absorption recovery where the recovery timescale increases with increasing reversed bias, possibly due to charge separation effects.
Journal of Applied Physics 11/2009; · 2.17 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: High-resolution spectroscopy was used to examine gain characteristics of Cr-grating complex-coupled distributed-feedback (DFB) lasers near 2.4 $mu$ m. The single-mode lasers contain InGaAsSb–AlGaAsSb active regions grown by molecular beam epitaxy on GaSb. Modal gain was extracted from the measured amplified spontaneous emission spectra and compared with reference Fabry–PÉrot lasers. The material gain is similar in both cases, having a value near 1300 cm $^{-1}$ , while the internal losses are quite different. The DFBs have an additional loss, approximately equal to the lateral Cr grating coupling coefficient. This indicates a fundamental performance limitation for complex-coupled DFBs.
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 11/2009; · 2.19 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: We report the first demonstration, to our knowledge, of passive mode locking in a Tm(3+), Ho(3+)-codoped KY(WO(4))(2) laser operating in the 2000-2060 nm spectral region. An InGaAsSb-based quantum well semiconductor saturable absorber mirror is used for the initiation and stabilization of the ultrashort pulse generation. Pulses as short as 3.3 ps were generated at 2057 nm with average output powers up to 315 mW at a pulse repetition frequency of 132 MHz for 1.15 W of absorbed pump power at 802 nm from a Ti:sapphire laser.
Optics Letters 10/2009; 34(17):2587-9. · 3.40 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: We study level mixing in the single particle energy spectrum of one of the constituent quantum dots in a vertical double quantum dot by performing magneto-resonant-tunneling spectroscopy. The device used in this study differs from previous vertical double quantum dot devices in that the single side gate is now split into four separate gates. Because of the presence of natural perturbations caused by anharmonicity and anistrophy, applying different combinations of voltages to these gates allows us to alter the effective potential landscape of the two dots and hence influence the level mixing. We present here preliminary results from one three level crossing and one four level crossings high up in the energy spectrum of one of the probed quantum dots, and demonstrate that we are able to change significantly the energy dispersions with magnetic field in the vicinity of the crossing regions. Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures. MSS-14 conference proceedings submitted to Physica E
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ABSTRACT: Type-I interband lasers on GaSb were grown by molecular beam epitaxy using 16 nm InGaAsSb compressively-strained quantum wells (QWs) with 30 nm AlInGaAsSb quinary barriers for improved hole confinement. The 3QW active regions were embedded in standard AlGaAsSb waveguides to limit the thickness of quinary material owing to its low growth temperature requirements. In continuous-wave operation, a typical ridge waveguide laser (width 10 mum, length 1214 mum) produced 6 mW total output power at 20degC with a threshold current of 140 mA. The temperature sensitivity of the devices remains a challenge, as evidenced by the dramatically improved performance at 0degC (16 mW total output power, threshold current 74 mA).
Electronics Letters 08/2009; · 0.96 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Single-mode laser diodes on GaSb substrates were developed using InGaAsSb/AlGaAsSb triple quantum well active regions grown by molecular beam epitaxy. The devices were fabricated using lateral Cr gratings, with a grating pitch designed to coincide with a strong absorption feature of HF gas, deposited adjacent to a dry-etched narrow ridge waveguide. High sidemode suppression was achieved, and in 20 °C continuous-wave operation, devices with a 400 μm long cavity provided 9 mW total output power at the 2396 nm target wavelength. High-resolution direct absorption measurements of HF gas agreed with HiTran calculations, yielding an absorption linewidth of 0.030 nm.
Applied Physics Letters 07/2009; 95(4):041104-041104-3. · 3.84 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Regrowth-free gain-coupled GaSb-based DFB lasers suitable for gas sensing were fabricated. Threshold currents for 2.4 mum emission of 400 mum-long DFB devices were 45 mA with a total output power of nearly 11 mW in CW operation at 20degC.
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on; 07/2009
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ABSTRACT: We present model calculations based on a coherent tunneling picture, which reproduce well both the single-particle energy level position and the resonant current strength at two typical anticrossings, one involving two levels and the other three levels in a coherent mixer composed of two weakly coupled vertical quantum dots. An essential ingredient is the inclusion of higher degree terms to account for deviations from an ideal elliptical parabolic confining potential in realistic dots. We also calculate density plots of the mixed states for the modified potential.
Applied Physics Letters 05/2009; 94(22):222101-222101-3. · 3.84 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: We observe magnetic-field-induced level mixing and quantum superposition phenomena between three approaching single-particle states in a quantum dot probed via the ground state of an adjacent quantum dot by single-electron resonant tunneling. The mixing is attributed to anisotropy and anharmonicity in realistic dot confining potentials. The pronounced anticrossing and transfer of strengths (both enhancement and suppression) between resonances can be understood with a simple coherent level mixing model. Superposition can lead to the formation of a dark state by complete cancellation of an otherwise strong resonance, an effect resembling coherent population trapping in a three-level-system of quantum and atom optics.
Physical Review Letters 02/2009; 102(2):026808. · 7.37 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: We outline a scheme to create a “dark” state by three-level mixing that is potentially a useful tool for quantum coherent transport. Magnetic-field-induced intra-dot level mixing can lead to rich quantum superposition phenomena between three approaching single-particle states in a quantum dot when probed by the ground state of an adjacent weakly coupled quantum dot in the single-electron resonant tunnelling regime. The mixing relies on non-negligible anharmonicity and anisotropy in confining potentials of realistic quantum dots. Anti-crossing and transfer of strengths between resonances can be understood with a simple coherent level mixing model. Superposition can lead to the formation of a dark state by complete cancellation of an otherwise strong resonance. This is an all-electrical analogue of coherent population trapping seen in three-level-systems from quantum and atom optics. (© 2009 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)
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