Toward Silicon-Based Lasers for Terahertz Sources

Stephen A. Lynch; Douglas J. Paul; Paul Townsend; Guy Matmon; Zhang Suet; Robert W. Kelsall; Zoran Ikonic; Paul Harrison; Jing Zhang; David J. Norris; Anthony G. Cullis; Carl R. Pidgeon; Pawel Murzyn; Ben Murdin; Mike Bain; Harry S. Gamble; Ming Zhao; Wei Xin Ni

doi:10.1109/JSTQE.2006.884069

Toward Silicon-Based Lasers for Terahertz Sources

Stephen A. Lynch, Douglas J. Paul, Paul Townsend, Guy Matmon, Zhang Suet, Robert W. Kelsall, Zoran Ikonic, Paul Harrison, Jing Zhang, David J. Norris, Anthony G. Cullis, Carl R. Pidgeon, Pawel Murzyn, Ben Murdin, Mike Bain, Harry S. Gamble, Ming Zhao, Wei Xin Ni

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Producing an electrically pumped silicon-based laser at terahertz frequencies is gaining increased attention these days. This paper reviews the recent advances in the search for a silicon-based terahertz laser. Topics covered include resonant tunneling in p-type Si/SiGe, terahertz intersubband electroluminescence from quantum cascade structures, intersubband lifetime measurements in Si/SiGe quantum wells, enhanced optical guiding using buried suicide layers, and the potential for exploiting common impurity dopants in silicon such as boron and phosphorus to realize a terahertz laser.

Original language	English
Article number	4032674
Pages (from-to)	1570-1578
Number of pages	9
Journal	IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
Volume	12
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTQE.2006.884069
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2006
Externally published	Yes

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Lynch, S. A., Paul, D. J., Townsend, P., Matmon, G., Suet, Z., Kelsall, R. W., Ikonic, Z., Harrison, P., Zhang, J., Norris, D. J., Cullis, A. G., Pidgeon, C. R., Murzyn, P., Murdin, B., Bain, M., Gamble, H. S., Zhao, M., & Ni, W. X. (2006). Toward Silicon-Based Lasers for Terahertz Sources. IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 12(6), 1570-1578. Article 4032674. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTQE.2006.884069

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