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Design of a Novel Heterostructure Photodetectors with Dramatically Enhanced Signal-to-Noise based on

Resonant Interface-Phonon-Assisted Transitions and Engineering of Energy States to Enhance Transition Engineering of Energy States to Enhance Transition

Rates

Yi Lana, Nanzhu Zhanga, Lucy Shia, Chenjie Tanga, Mitra Duttaa,b, and Michael A. Stroscioa,b,c

Optics-2014, 8-10 Sept. 2014

aElectrical and Computer Engineering Department, U. of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), 851 S. Morgan Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607

bPhysics Department, U. of Illinois at Chicago, 851 S. Morgan Street, Chicago, IllinoiscBioengineering Department, U. of Illinois at Chicago, 851 S. Morgan St., Chicago, IL

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A novel heterostructure photodetector design is presented that facilitates dramatic enhancements of signal-to-noise. The structure incorporates a single quantum well coupled to a symmetric double quantum well that makes it possible to engineer energy states with energy state separations equal to an interface phonon energy. In addition, quantum level energy degeneracy between states in the single-well and double-well

systems makes it possible to enhance the rate of interface-phonon-assisted transitions. systems makes it possible to enhance the rate of interface-phonon-assisted transitions. The techniques underlying this approach have been discussed previously by Stroscio and Dutta in Phonons in Nanostructures (Cambridge University Press, 2001). Together, these effects make it possible to greatly enhance signal-to-noise ratios in these heterostructure-based photodetectors. These designs are optimized based on Schrödinger equation calculations of the energy states and the determination of

interface phonon potentials and dispersion modes by applying boundary conditions for which the phonon potential has corresponding continuous normal components of the

displacement field and tangential components of electric fields. Novel photodetector designs with dramatically enhanced signal-to-noise will be presented for a number of

different heterostructure devices.

This energy-level structure facilitates the absorption of a photon, emission

of a phonon, and the absorption of a photon with the same wavelength as

the original photon. E1 is the first energy level of the single well, and E3 is

the second energy level. In addition, E2, E2’, E4, and E4’ represent the first,

second, third, and forth energy levels for the double quantum well.

With reference to Fig. 1, it is straightforward to see that there will be a

dramatic signal-to-noise enhancement in the current, Isn,E1, from the deepest

state E1, relative to Isn,E2, from the deepest state E2 (without phonon-assisted

transition and second photon absorption), as given by the Richardson sn,E2

transition and second photon absorption), as given by the Richardson

formula:

In this equation, E3 - E1 = E4’- E2 = Ephoton and E2’ - E2 = Ephonon.

For example if,

a dramatic 1/3,000 reduction can be realized.

u

Transverse Optical (TO) Phonon

Transverse Optical (TO) Phonon

u – displacementq

u – displacement

q - direction

Transverse Acoustic (TA) Phonon

LO and LA Phonons have

displacements along the

direction of q

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University Of Illinois

At Chicago

College Of EngineeringPhonons: Some Basic Characteristics

Boundary Conditions:

Optical modes --- continuity of the tangential component of

the electric field and the z component of the displacement vector

must be continuous at the interfaces

Acoustic modes --- displacement and normal component of stress

tensor are continuous at interfaces

jj zz

j

zj

zz

j

zjz

z

z

z

=

+

+

=∂

∂=

∂

∂ )()( 1

,1,

φε

φε

tensor are continuous at interfaces

For example

I II III Quantized Confined Phonons


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Normalization and Applicability of Elastic

Continuum Theory --- One Monolayer Thick?

Normalization:

Mode amplitude normalized so that the energy in each model

is the quantized phonon energy – example 2D graphene

( )1

* *2 LOs

mn

u u v v dxdyS Mω

⋅ + ⋅ =∫h

McEwen & Park et al., Nature

September 2000 Elastic Continuum Results

Mode Energy (meV)

a0 62

a1 74

Elastic Continuum Theory Gives Correct Energy for a

Dominant Mode of the Nanomechanical Modes in

Carbon Nanotubes and in C60


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35 meV mode observed experimentally

a1 74

a2 111

b2 32

b3 38

Goal: Theoretical Description of Nanoscale Mechanical Structures for Nanodevice

and Sensor Applications including Nanocantilevers

Matches our theoretical results to 10%


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College Of EngineeringPhonons: Some Basic Characteristics

Precision and Nature of

Optical Phonon Confinement

H. Sakaki et al.

Anharmonic Effects:

Klemen’s Channel with Keating Model ---Bhatt, Kim and Stroscio

q

m x

ZZ

mq q

L

π= =

• R. Fuchs and K. L. Kliewer, “Optical Modes of Vibration in an Ionic Slab,”

Physical Review, 140, A2076-A2088 (1965).

• J. J. Licari and R. Evrard, “Electron-Phonon Interaction in a Dielectric Slab:

Effect of Electronic Polarizability,” Physical Review, B15, 2254-2264 (1977).

• L. Wendler, “Electron-Phonon Interaction in Dielectric Bilayer System: Effects of

Electronic Polarizability,” Physics Status Solidi B, 129, 513-530 (1985).

• C. Trallero-Giner, F. Garcia-Moliner, V. R. Velasco, and M. Cardona, “Analysis of

the Phenomenological Models for Long-Wavelength Polar Optical Modes in

Selection of Major Theoretical Papers: Optical Modes

the Phenomenological Models for Long-Wavelength Polar Optical Modes in

Semiconductor Layered Systems,” Physical Review, B45, 11,944-11,948 (1992).

• K. J. Nash, “Electron-Phonon Interactions and Lattice Dynamics of Optic Phonons

in Semiconductor Heterostructures,” Physical Review, B46, 7723-7744 (1992). ---

For slab modes, reformulated slab vibrations, and guided modes, “intrasubband and

intersubband electron-phonon scattering rates are independent of the basis set used to

describe the modes, as lond as this set is orthogonal and complete.”

• F. Comas, C. Trallero-Giner, and M. Cardona, “Continuum Treatment of Phonon

Polaritons in Semiconductor Heterostructures,” Physical Review, B56, 4115-4127

(1997). --- Seven coupled partial differential equations; solutions for isotropic

materials; the non-dispersive case “leads to the the Fuchs-Kliewer slab modes.”

More on

Confined,

Interface, and

Half-Space


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College Of EngineeringVibrational Modes in Nanostructures

Half-Space

Phonon Modes

in

Phonons and

Nanostructures


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College Of EngineeringMore on Interface Modes


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College Of EngineeringPhonon “Bands”

Improved SemiconductorImproved SemiconductorImproved SemiconductorImproved SemiconductorLasers via PhononLasers via PhononLasers via PhononLasers via Phonon----AssistedAssistedAssistedAssisted

TransitionsTransitionsTransitionsTransitionsKey Point Key Point Key Point Key Point -------- Optical Devices not Electronic Devices!Optical Devices not Electronic Devices!Optical Devices not Electronic Devices!Optical Devices not Electronic Devices!

Why? Why? Why? Why? ENERGY SELECTIVITYENERGY SELECTIVITYENERGY SELECTIVITYENERGY SELECTIVITYA single engineered phonon mode may be selected A single engineered phonon mode may be selected A single engineered phonon mode may be selected A single engineered phonon mode may be selected

to modify a selected interactionto modify a selected interactionto modify a selected interactionto modify a selected interaction

photon emission

Interface Optical Phonons: Applications to Phonon-Assisted

Transitions in Heterojunction Lasers

phonon emission


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Interface-Phonon-Assisted Processes:

Double Resonance Process

A2

A1

phonon

assisted

depopulation

photon

emission

D2

D1

D1

A1

A2

D2

Gain enhancementsgreater than twoorders of magnitude

A

D

Interface phononmodes dominateover bulk modes


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a2 = 2 nm, a3 = 10 nm

ηtot = nA2 / nA1 = τ21/τout

= 6 for a1 = 8.5 nm

ηloc = (nA2 / nA1)k = 0

= ηtot (1 + τ11/ τout) EA2-A1/Ephonon

≥ 50 - 100


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College Of EngineeringInterface-Phonon-Assisted Processes

Double Resonance Scheme

Michael A. Stroscio, Mikhail V. Kisin, Gregory Belenky,

and Serge Luryi, Phonon Enhanced Inverse Population in

Asymmetric Double Quantum Wells, Applied Physics

Letters, 75, 3258 (1999).

ps transition rates


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References 4 and 5:

M. Kisin, M. Stroscio, V. Gorfinkel, G.

Belenky and S. Luryi, Influence of

Complex Phonon Spectrum of

Heterostructure on Gain Lineshape in

Quantun Cascade Laser Quantun Cascade Laser

(QCL), Optical Society of America,

Technical Digest Series, Volume 11,

425 (1997).

Mikhail V. Kisin, Vera B. Gorfinkel,

Michael A. Stroscio, Gregory Belenky,

and Serge Luryi, Influence of Complex

Phonon Spectra on Intersubband Optical

Gain, J. Appl. Phys., 82, 2031 (1997).

----- 10 nm

____ 6 nm

AlGaAs-GaAs-AlGaAs

x = 0.3


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6 nm, RT

6 nm, RT

6 nm, RT, 60 meV

6 nm, RT, 10 meV


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GaAs

QW

AlGaAs

GaAs

QW

τout = 0.4 ps

τout = 0.6 ps

τout = 0.55 ps

--- all modes

__ w/o barrier

modes

A - 0.4 ps,

B - 0.5 ps,

C - 0.6 ps

τ1- 2 = 0.56 ps

• Dimensional Confinement and Boundary Effects Cause Plane Wave Phonons (Bulk Phonons) to by Replaced by Set of Modes --- Same as Putting Electromagnetic Wave in a Waveguide

• Bulk modes → Confined modes, plus interface modes, plus half-space modes with new energies, and spatial profiles.

Phonon Engineering: Some Key Techniques

half-space modes with new energies, and spatial profiles.

SINCE CARRIER INTERACTIONS MUST CONSERVE ENERGY AND MOMENTUM HAVING NEW PHONON ENERGIES LEADS TO WAYS TO MODIFY CARRIER

SCATTERING AND TRANSPORT…

EXPLOITING THE FACT THAT NEW ENERGIES LEADS TO WAYS TO MODIFY CARRIER

SCATTERING AND TRANSPORT ---

•Phonon assisted transitions → Example: use to enhance population inversions in Quantum

Cascade Lasers, Type-II Lasers, etc.

•Change phase space to modify interactions → In devices based on quantum wells, quantum

Phonon Engineering: Some Key Techniques

•Change phase space to modify interactions → In devices based on quantum wells, quantum

wires, and quantum dots reduces the set of phonon momenta and energies allowed in

transitions --- Example: Phase-space reductions in CNTs lead to enhanced carrier mobilities

• Modify materials to change phonons and thus interactions → Examples: (a) Form metal-

semiconductor inteface to eliminate selected interface modes; (b) Reduce carrier-phonon

interactions through the design of InxGa-xN-based structures exhibiting one mode behavior

•Modify phonon lifetimes (by arranging for different anharmonic terms) and phonon speeds

(by modifying dispersion relations)→ Reduce bottleneck effects; modify thermal transport

• Generate coherent phonons using Cerenkov effect (as an example) to amplify phonon effects

Some areas where phonon engineering has clear payoff:

improved gain in semiconductor lasers (especially lasers with narrow quantum wells like quantum cascade lasers),

enhance gain in Sb-lased lasers,

coherent phonon sources for non-charge-based binary switches and devices,

increasing carrier mobilities in CNTs, increasing carrier mobilities in CNTs,

improving CNT-based IR detectors based on understand phonon-assisted non-radiative recombination,

improving III-nitride-based device performance,

phonon engineering to modify thermal conductivity.


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Enhanced Population Inversion

United States Patent 6,819,696 Belenky, Dutta, Kisin, Luryi, and Stroscio.United States Patent 6,819,696 Belenky, Dutta, Kisin, Luryi, and Stroscio.United States Patent 6,819,696 Belenky, Dutta, Kisin, Luryi, and Stroscio.United States Patent 6,819,696 Belenky, Dutta, Kisin, Luryi, and Stroscio. November 16, 2004November 16, 2004November 16, 2004November 16, 2004United States Patent 7,310,361 Belenky, Dutta, Kisin, Luryi, and Stroscio.United States Patent 7,310,361 Belenky, Dutta, Kisin, Luryi, and Stroscio.United States Patent 7,310,361 Belenky, Dutta, Kisin, Luryi, and Stroscio.United States Patent 7,310,361 Belenky, Dutta, Kisin, Luryi, and Stroscio. December 18, 2007December 18, 2007December 18, 2007December 18, 2007

Intersubband semiconductor lasers with enhanced subband depopulation rate

AbstractAbstractAbstractAbstractIntersubband semiconductor lasers (ISLs) are of great interest for mid-infrared (2-20 micron) device AbstractAbstractAbstractAbstractIntersubband semiconductor lasers (ISLs) are of great interest for mid-infrared (2-20 micron) device applications. These semiconductor devices have a wide range of applications from pollution detectionand industrial monitoring to military functions. ISLs have generally encountered several problems which include slow intrawell intersubband relaxation times due to the large momentum transfer and small wave-function overlap of the initial and final electron states in interwell transitions. Overall, the ISL's of the prior art are subject to weak intersubband population inversion. The semiconductor device of the present invention provides optimal intersubband population inversion by providing a double quantum well active region in the semiconductor device. This region allows for small momentum transfer in the intersubband electron-phonon resonance with the substantial wave-function overlap characteristic of the intersubband scattering. Inventors: Belenky; GregoryBelenky; GregoryBelenky; GregoryBelenky; Gregory (Port Jefferson, NY); Dutta; MitraDutta; MitraDutta; MitraDutta; Mitra (Wilmette, IL); Kisin; MikhailKisin; MikhailKisin; MikhailKisin; Mikhail (Lake Grove, NY); Luryi; SergeLuryi; SergeLuryi; SergeLuryi; Serge (Setanket, NY); Stroscio; MichaelStroscio; MichaelStroscio; MichaelStroscio; Michael (Wilmette, IL) Assignee: The United StatesThe United StatesThe United StatesThe United Statesof America as represented by the Secretary of the Armyof America as represented by the Secretary of the Armyof America as represented by the Secretary of the Armyof America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, DC) Appl. No.: 957531 957531 957531 957531 Filed: September 21, 2001September 21, 2001September 21, 2001September 21, 2001

A2

A1

photon

emissionD1

A1

A2

D2

Phonon-Assisted Transitions in Heterostructure Lasers

A1

phonon

assisted

depopulation

D2

D1

A D


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Double Resonance Process

A2

A1

phonon

assisted

depopulation

photon

emission

D2

D1

D1

A1

A2

D2

A

D

References 1-9


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1. M. Dutta, H. L. Grubin, G. J. Iafrate, K. W. Kim and M. A. Stroscio, Metal-Encapsulated Quantum Wire for Enhanced

Charge Transport, CECOM Docket Number 4734, disclosed September 1991; filed September 15, 1992 (Serial No.

07/945040); Patent No. 5,264,711 issued November 23, 1993.

2. Michael A. Stroscio, Interface-Phonon--Assisted Transitions in Quantum Well Lasers, JAP, 80, 6864 (1996). ---

Strong interaction of interface modes pointed out.

3. SeGi Yu, K. W. Kim, Michael A. Stroscio, G. J. Iafrate, J.-P. Sun, and G. I. Haddad, Transfer Matrix Technique for

Interface Optical Phonon Modes in Multiple Quantum Well Systems, JAP, 82 3363 (1997).

4. M. Kisin, M. Stroscio, V. Gorfinkel, G. Belenky and S. Luryi, Influence of Complex Phonon Spectrum of

Heterostructure on Gain Lineshape in Quantun Cascade Laser (QCL), Optical Society of America, Heterostructure on Gain Lineshape in Quantun Cascade Laser (QCL), Optical Society of America,

Technical Digest Series, Volume 11, 425 (1997).

5. Mikhail V. Kisin, Vera B. Gorfinkel, Michael A. Stroscio, Gregory Belenky, and Serge Luryi, Influence of Complex

Phonon Spectra on Intersubband Optical Gain, J. Appl. Phys., 82, 2031 (1997).

6. Mitra Dutta and Michael A. Stroscio, Comment on Energy Level Schemes for Far-Infrared Quantum Well Lasers,

Appl. Phys. Lett., 74, 2555 (1999).

7. Michael A. Stroscio, Mikhail V. Kisin, Gregory Belenky, and Serge Luryi, Phonon Enhanced Inverse Population in

Asymmetric Double Quantum Wells, Applied Physics Letters, 75, 3258 (1999).

8. J. P. Sun, G. I. Haddad, Mitra Dutta, and Michael A. Stroscio, Quantum Well Intersubband Lasers, International

Journal of High Speed Electronic Systems, 9, 281 (1998).

9. Gregory Belenky, Mitra Dutta, Mikhail Kisin, Serge Luryi, and Michael Stroscio, Intersubband Semiconductor Lasers

with Enhanced Subband Depopulation Rate, invention disclosure filed November 2001;

U.S. Patent No. 6,819,696, November 16, 2004.


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College Of EngineeringInterface-Phonon-Assisted Processes: Applications

1. M. Dutta, H. L. Grubin, G. J. Iafrate, K. W. Kim and M. A. Stroscio, Metal-Encapsulated Quantum Wire for Enhanced Charge

Transport, CECOM Docket Number 4734, disclosed September 1991; filed September 15, 1992 (Serial No. 07/945040); Patent

No. 5,264,711 issued November 23, 1993.

2. Michael A. Stroscio, Interface-Phonon--Assisted Transitions in Quantum Well Lasers, JAP, 80, 6864 (1996).

5. Mikhail V. Kisin, Vera B. Gorfinkel, Michael A. Stroscio, Gregory Belenky, and Serge Luryi, Influence of Complex Phonon

Spectra on Intersubband Optical Gain, J. Appl. Phys., 82, 2031 (1997).

6. Mitra Dutta and Michael A. Stroscio, Comment on Energy Level Schemes for Far-Infrared Quantum Well Lasers, Appl. Phys.

Lett., 74, 2555 (1999).

9. Gregory Belenky, Mitra Dutta, Mikhail Kisin, Serge Luryi, and Michael Stroscio, Intersubband Semiconductor Lasers with

Enhanced Subband Depopulation Rate, invention disclosure filed November 2001;

U.S. Patent No. 6,819,696, November 16, 2004.

B. S. Williams, B. Xu, Q. Hu, Narrow-linewidth Terahertz Emission from Three-level Systems, APL, 75, 2927 (1999); Refs. 2 and 5.

V. M. Menon, L. R. Ram-Mohan, W. D. Goodhue, A. J. Gatesman, A. S. Karakashian, “Role of Interface Phonons in Quantum Cascade Terahertz Emitters,”

Physica B, 316-317, 212-215 (2002); Ref. 6 and Yu, Kim, Stroscio, Iafrate, Sun, and Haddad, JAP, 82, 3363 (1997).

V. Spagnolo, G. Scamarcio, M. Troccoli, F, Capasso, C. Gmachl, A. M. Sergent, A. L. Hutcheson, D. L. Sivco, and A. Y. Cho, Nonequilibrium Optical

Phonon Generation by Steady State Electron Transport in Quantum-Cascade Lasers, APL, 80, 4303-4305 (2002); Ref. 2 and Komirenko papers on

nonequilibrium phonons (APL, 77, 4178 (2000) and PRB, 63, 165308, (2000).

Mariano Troccoli, Alexey Belyanin, Federico Capasso,

Ertugrul Cubukcu, Deborah L. Sivco, and Alfred Y. Cho,

Raman Injection Laser, Nature, 433, 845-848 (2005).

Implemented in QCL-like Heterostructure

1

2

3

} ∆


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Enhanced Population Inversion

United States Patent 6,819,696 Belenky, Dutta, Kisin, Luryi, and Stroscio. November 16, 2004United States Patent 7,310,361 Belenky, Dutta, Kisin, Luryi, and Stroscio. December 18, 2007

Intersubband semiconductor lasers with enhanced subband depopulation rate

AbstractAbstractAbstractAbstractAbstractAbstractAbstractAbstractIntersubband semiconductor lasers (ISLs) are of great interest for mid-infrared (2-20 micron) device applications. These semiconductor devices have a wide range of applications from pollution detectionand industrial monitoring to military functions. ISLs have generally encountered several problems which include slow intrawell intersubband relaxation times due to the large momentum transfer and small wave-function overlap of the initial and final electron states in interwell transitions. Overall, the ISL's of the prior art are subject to weak intersubband population inversion. The semiconductor device of the present invention provides optimal intersubband population inversion by providing a double quantum well active region in the semiconductor device. This region allows for small momentum transfer in the intersubband electron-phonon resonance with the substantial wave-function overlap characteristic of the intersubband scattering. Inventors: Belenky; GregoryBelenky; GregoryBelenky; GregoryBelenky; Gregory (Port Jefferson, NY); Dutta; MitraDutta; MitraDutta; MitraDutta; Mitra (Wilmette, IL); Kisin; MikhailKisin; MikhailKisin; MikhailKisin; Mikhail (Lake Grove, NY); Luryi; SergeLuryi; SergeLuryi; SergeLuryi; Serge (Setanket, NY); Stroscio; MichaelStroscio; MichaelStroscio; MichaelStroscio; Michael (Wilmette, IL) Assignee: The United StatesThe United StatesThe United StatesThe United Statesof America as represented by the Secretary of the Armyof America as represented by the Secretary of the Armyof America as represented by the Secretary of the Armyof America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, DC) Appl. No.: 957531 957531 957531 957531 Filed: September 21, 2001September 21, 2001September 21, 2001September 21, 2001

Interface Phonon-assisted Transitions in Interface Phonon-assisted Transitions in

Reduced Noise Single-Well--Double-Well

Photodetectors

E3=E2’

E3-E1=E4’-E2=Ephoton

E2’-E2=E phonon

Design

E2’-E2=E phonon

E1 is the first energy level of the single well, and E3 is the second

energy level of it. At the meanwhile, E2, E2’, E4, and E4’ represent

the first, second, third, and forth energy level for the double

quantum well

Phonon Potential

Let the phonon potentials (Φ) for the given structure be

defined as follow:

1 1

2 2

3 3

( ) ( )

( ) ( )

( ) ( )

qz

qz qz

q z d q z d

q z d q z d

q z d q z d

Ae

Be Ce

De Ee

Fe Ge

He Ie

−

− − −

− − −

− − −

Φ =Φ = +Φ = +Φ = +Φ = +

when z＜ 0

When 0 ≤ z ＜ d1

when d1≤ z ＜ d2

when d2≤ z ＜ d3

when d3≤ z ＜ d4

1 2( ) ( )Z ZΦ = Φ

4 4

5

( ) ( )

( )

q z d q z d

q z d

He Ie

Je Ke

e

− − −

− −

Φ = +Φ = +Φ =

At the heterointerface of region 1 and region 2, the dielectric

function of the semiconductor in the structure under study is ε, then

the following two condition have to be satisfied:

1 21 2

z zε ε

∂Φ ∂Φ=

∂ ∂

A, B, C, D, E, F, G H, I, J and K are constants in the potential equations.

when d4≤z＜ d5

when z≥d5(1)

(2)

From the previous equations we can get the relationship between

the constants:

1 1

1 1

1

2

1

2

1 1

2 2

1 1

(1 )2

(1 )2

1((1 ) (1 ) )

2

1((1 ) (1 ) )

qd qd

qd qd

AB

AC

D Be Ce

E Be Ce

ε

ε

ε

ε

ε ε

ε ε

ε ε

ε ε

−

−

= −

= +

= + + − = − + +

3 2 3 2

3 2 3 2

4 3 4 3

( ) ( )3 3

1 1

( ) ( )3 3

1 1

( ) ( )1 1

3 3

1((1 ) (1 ) )

2

1((1 ) (1 ) )

2

1((1 ) (1 ) )

2

q d d q d d

q d d q d d

q d d q d d

H Fe Ge

I Fe Ge

J He Ie

ε ε

ε ε

ε ε

ε ε

ε ε

ε ε

− − −

− − −

− − −

= + + −

= − + + = + + −

Phonon Potential

(3)

2 1 2 1

2 1 2 1

2 2

( ) ( )1 1

3 3

( ) ( )1 1

3 3

((1 ) (1 ) )2

1((1 ) (1 ) )

2

1((1 ) (1 ) )

2

q d d q d d

q d d q d d

E Be Ce

F De Ee

G De Ee

ε ε

ε ε

ε ε

ε ε

ε ε

− − −

− − −

= − + + = + + − = − + +

4 3 4 3

3 3

( ) ( )1 1

3 3

2

1((1 ) (1 ) )

2

q d d q d dK He Ie

ε ε

ε ε

ε ε− − −

= − + +

And we can also get the secular equation of this system

5 4 5 4

5 4 5 4

( ) ( )

3

( ) ( )

1

q d d q d d

q d d q d d

Je Ke

Je Ke

ε

ε

− − −

− − −

+= −

−

Plug the relationship between these constants into the secular

equation we can then solve it to get the interface phonon modes of

this system

(4)

Phonon Potential

222

2

( ) ( , )1 1( ( , ) )

2 4 2i

i i

i

R

q zdz q q z

L z

ε ω

ω π ω ω

∂ ∂Φ= Φ +

∂ ∂∑ ∫

h

For cubic material, the normalization condition is given by:

In order to calculate the potential of this system, we need to figure out

the constants in the potential equations. So here we will normalize the

potential of this system to get these constants.

(5)

iR

Then the normalization condition becomes:

1 2 1 2 1

3 2 3 2 4 3 4 3

2 2 ( ) 2 ( )2 2 2 2 2 21 2 1

2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )2 2 2 23 1

223

( ) ( ) ( )( ( 1) (1 )) ( ( 1) (1 ))

( ) ( )( ( 1) (1 )) ( ( 1) (1 ))

( )( (

qd q d d q d dqd

q d d q d d q d d q d d

q

qA q B e C e q D e E e

q F e G e q H e I e

q J e

ε ω ε ω ε ω

ω ω ωε ω ε ω

ω ωε ω

ω

− − −−

− − − − − −

∂ ∂ ∂+ − + − + − + −

∂ ∂ ∂

∂ ∂− + − + − + −

∂ ∂

∂+

∂5 4 5 4( ) 2 ( )2 1

2

( ) 41) (1 ))

d d q d dK e q

L

ε ω π

ω− − − ∂

− + − − =∂

h

Plug the relationship between these constants into the normalization

condition we can get a equation with one unknown A, then we can solve

it to get constant A. As long as we know A we can calculate the rest

constants.

(6)

Results

SeGi Yu, K. W. Kim, Michael A. Stroscio, G. J. Lafrate, J,-P. Sun et al, JAP, 82, 3363 (1997)

GaAlAs/GaAs material system

We calculate the parameters we need

Phonon modes

(meV)

Ga0.452Al0.548As

(AlAs-like)

GaAs Ga0.741Al0.259As

(GaAs-like)

LO 48.44 36.25 34.67

TO 44.83 33.29 33.046

SeGi Yu, K. W. Kim, Michael A. Stroscio, G. J. Lafrate, J,-P. Sun et al, JAP, 82, 3363 (1997)

Results

Interfaces phonon modes

at q=1e8 (wavevector)

IF Phonon modes (meV)

33.38808 44.3023

33.8125 44.9045

34.193 46.278

34.6304 47.1212

35.57657 48.038603

Dispersion curve

Phonon Potential

Phonon Potential

33.8125 meV34.193 meV

33.38808 meV

34.6304 meV

Phonon Potential

44.9045 meV

47.1212 meV

44.9045 meV

46.278 meV

35.57657 meV

For InxGa1-xAs

InAs-like GaAs-like

Results

2

2

242.99 32.54 4.545

253.97 67.91 51.94

x x

x x

− +

− +

TO

LO

2

2

268 62 220

291 59.167 152.7789

x x

x x

− +

− +

TO

LO

InGaAs/InAs material system

Then, we calculate the parameters we need

Phonon modes

(meV)

In0.248Ga0.752As In0.59Ga0.41As InAs

LO 35.32 28.746 29.74

TO 32.89 27.93 27.01

ε∞

11.526 11.287 11.7

Results




29.542 33.6199006

30.351 34.72185

32.7285 35.1522

Results

29.542 meV

34.72185 meV 35.1522 meV

29.542 meV

30.351 meV32.7285 meV33.6199006

meV

For InxAl1-xAs

AlAs-like InAs-like

Results

2

2

361.5 24 9.5

401.5 55 20

x x

x x

− −

− −

TO

LO

2

2

229 22 13

229 22 9

x x

x x

+ −

+ −

LO

TO

InAlAs/InP material system

Then, we calculate the parameters we need

Phonon modes

(meV)

In0.36Al0.64As InP In0.61Al0.39As

LO 46.977 42.75 29.16

TO 43.57 37.63 29.23

ε∞

9.4344 9.61 10.32

Results




29.18687 44.314

38.383165 45.15

40.99825 45.8385

43.679

GaAlAs Design

GaAs/Ga1-xAlxAs

•Band Gap, Eg=(1.426+1.247x) eV

•Band alignment: 33% of total discontinuity in valence band, i.e.

∆VVB=0.33; ∆VCB=0.67

•Electron effective mass, m*=(0.067+0.083x)m0

From Quantum Wells, Wires and Dots (Paul Harrison)From Quantum Wells, Wires and Dots (Paul Harrison)

InGaAs Design

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InAlAs/InP Design

From Appl. Phys. Lett. Vol. 58, No. 18, 22 April 1991 (Mark S.

Hybertsen)

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