Hot phonon effect in mid-infrared HgTe/CdHgTe quantum wells evaluated by quasi-steady-state photoluminescence

IF 3.5 2区物理与天体物理 Q2 PHYSICS, APPLIED

Applied Physics Letters Pub Date : 2024-11-26 DOI:10.1063/5.0239225

K. E. Kudryavtsev, V. V. Rumyantsev, A. A. Dubinov, V. Y. Aleshkin, M. S. Zholudev, N. N. Mikhailov, S. A. Dvoretsky, V. I. Gavrilenko, S. V. Morozov

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Abstract

Room-temperature photoluminescence (PL) spectra of intensely pumped HgTe/CdHgTe quantum well (QW) heterostructures emitting at around 5 μm wavelength have been investigated. Based on the model description of the PL spectra using a free-electron recombination band approach, effective electronic temperatures were determined depending on the excitation density. Within the quasi-steady-state approximation, we establish the balance between pump-induced heating of the electron gas in the QWs and phonon-mediated dissipation of this excess energy and deduce hot-phonon lifetime of ∼0.47 ps. Maximum operating temperatures for optically pumped HgTe/CdHgTe QW laser heterostructures emitting at around 5 μm are estimated depending on the excitation wavelength, and lasing at Peltier temperatures appears feasible for the pump wavelength of about 3 μm. Thus, the entire 3∼5 μm atmospheric transparency window can be potentially covered by thermoelectrically cooled HgCdTe-based laser sources.

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通过准稳态光致发光评估中红外 HgTe/CdHgTe 量子阱中的热声子效应

研究了波长在 5 μm 左右的强泵浦 HgTe/CdHgTe 量子阱（QW）异质结构的室温光致发光（PL）光谱。根据使用自由电子重组带方法对聚光光谱进行的模型描述，确定了取决于激发密度的有效电子温度。在准稳态近似条件下，我们确定了 QW 中电子气体的泵诱导加热与声子介导的过剩能量耗散之间的平衡，并推导出热声子寿命为 ∼0.47 ps。根据激发波长的不同，可估算出在 5 μm 左右发射的光泵浦 HgTe/CdHgTe QW 激光异质结构的最高工作温度，而在 3 μm 左右的泵浦波长下，珀尔帖温度下的激光似乎是可行的。因此，基于热电冷却碲铜汞的激光源有可能覆盖整个 3～5 μm 的大气透明度窗口。

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Applied Physics Letters 物理-物理：应用

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6.40

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10.00%

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1821

审稿时长

1.6 months

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