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Naruse et al., IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., 17, (2005) 1701. Yoshida et al., IEICE Trans. Electron., E87−C, (2004) 1134−1141. Mozume et al., Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 42 (2003) 5500. Tsuchida et al.,Opt. Lett., 32 (2007) 751. Akimoto et al.,proceeding of 2007 International Conference on ECOC, to be published. Ishikawa et al., Jpn. J. Appl. Phys, 32 (2007) 751. Nagase et al., proceedings of 2007 International Conference on IPRM, 2007 p. 502.
すなわち、本願発明は、サブバンド間遷移を用いた光素子において、2つ以上の量子井戸層15a、15b間に、外部障壁層13よりも低いエネルギー障壁を持つ結合障壁層16を配置した結合量子井戸構造を、InP等の半導体基板11上に設けることを特徴とする(図5)。
(1)単結晶基板は、半導体基板又はサファイア基板等の量子井戸形成可能な基板である。
(2)量子井戸を隔てる結合障壁層のエネルギー障壁の高さは、できるだけ低くし、このエネルギー障壁層の高さは、サブバンド間遷移に利用する量子準位よりも低くなっていても構わない。
(4)上記(3)において、伝導帯における全てのサブバンド間のエネルギー差は、36meV以上である。
(6)上記(5)において、伝導帯における全てのサブバンド間のエネルギー差は、88meV以上である。
上式に示すように、Δnの増加のためには、Ns,iの増加、miの減少が有効である。
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- 半導体結合量子井戸構造において、量子井戸層の間に該量子井戸層及び外部障壁層におけるバンドオフセット(ΔEc1)より小さいバンドオフセット(ΔEc2)を持つ結合障壁層を配置した結合量子井戸構造を基板上に少なくとも1つ設け、該小さいバンドオフセット(ΔEc2)は、複数の励起準位(E4及びE3)のいずれか一方より小さく、複数の基底準位(E2及びE1)のいずれか一方よりも大きくなるバンド構造を持ち、
上記複数の励起準位(E 4 及びE 3 )のいずれか一方と上記複数の基底準位(E 2 及びE 1 )のいずれか一方とのサブバンド間遷移波長が光通信波長帯であること、
を特徴とする半導体結合量子井戸構造。 - 上記半導体結合量子井戸構造において、上記量子井戸層は、InGaAs又はGaAsから成り、上記結合障壁層は、InAlAs、AlGaAs又はInAlGaAsから成り、上記外部障壁層は、AlAs又はAlAsSbから成り、前記結合量子井戸構造の伝導帯における全てのサブバンド間のエネルギー差が36meV以上であることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の半導体結合量子井戸構造。
- 上記半導体結合量子井戸構造において、上記量子井戸層は、GaNから成り、上記結合障壁層は、AlGaNから成り、上記外部障壁層は、AlNからなり、前記結合量子井戸構造の伝導帯における全てのサブバンド間のエネルギー差が88meV以上であることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の半導体結合量子井戸構造。
- 光素子であって、上記半導体結合量子井戸構造に入射される制御光は、1つのサブバンド間遷移エネルギーに共鳴し、該半導体結合量子井戸構造に入射される信号光は、該サブバンド間遷移エネルギー又はバンド間遷移エネルギーに共鳴することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の半導体結合量子井戸構造を用いた光素子。
- 光素子であって、上記半導体結合量子井戸構造に入射される制御光は、1つのサブバンド間遷移エネルギーに共鳴し、前記半導体結合量子井戸構造に入射される信号光は、屈折率変化によって位相又は波長制御されることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の半導体結合量子井戸構造を用いた光素子。
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