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III-V lasers and photodetectors on Si by blanket epitaxy

Fig.1. III-V templates grown on Si substrates.

Related publications:

  1. Jie Huang, Qi Lin, Wei Luo, Liying Lin, and Kei May Lau, “GaAs on (001) Si templates for near-infrared InP quantum dot lasers”, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 132, Issue 19, 193103, 2022

  2. Wei Luo, Ying Xue, Bei Shi, Si Zhu, Xu Dong, and Kei May Lau, "MOCVD growth of InP-based 1.3 μm quantum dash lasers on (001) Si", Applied Physics Letters, vol. 116, no. 14, pp.142106, 2020 ( Featured in Semiconductor Today )

  3. Zhao Yan, Yu Han, and Kei May Lau, "InAs nano-ridges and thin films grown on (001) silicon substrates", Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 128, no. 03, p. 035302, 2020

  4. Bei Shi, Yu Han, Qiang Li, and Kei May Lau, "1.55-μm Lasers Epitaxially Grown on Silicon", IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, vol. 25, no. 6, 2019 (Invited Paper)

  5. Qiang Li, and Kei May Lau, " Epitaxial growth of highly mismatched III-V materials on (001) silicon for electronics and optoelectronics ", Progress in Crystal Growth and Characterization of Materials, Vol. 63, 105-120, 2017

  6. Qiang Li, Kar Wei Ng, and Kei May Lau, "Growing antiphase-domain-free GaAs thin films out of highly ordered planar nanowire arrays on exact (001) silicon", Applied Physics Letters,  106, 072105, Feb 2015

Fig.2. III-V quantum dash lasers and photodetectors grown on Si.

Related publications:

  1. Ying Xue, Wei Luo, Si Zhu, Liying Lin, Bei Shi, and Kei May Lau, "1.55 µm electrically pumped continuous wave lasing of quantum dash lasers grown on silicon", Optics Express,  vol. 28, no. 12, pp.18172-18179, 2020

  2. Wei Luo, Ying Xue, Jie Huang, Liying Lin, Bei Shi, and Kei May Lau, "Comparison of growth structures for continuous-wave electrically pumped 1.55 μm quantum dash lasers grown on (001) Si", Photonics Research,  vol. 8, no. 12, pp.1888-1894, 2020

  3. Wei Luo, Ying Xue, Bei Shi, Si Zhu, Xu Dong, and Kei May Lau, "MOCVD growth of InP-based 1.3 μm quantum dash lasers on (001) Si", Applied Physics Letters,  vol. 116, no. 14, pp.142106, 2020

  4. Ying Xue, Yi Wang, Wei Luo, Jie Huang, Liying Lin, Hon Ki Tsang, and Kei May Lau, "Telecom InP-based quantum dash photodetectors grown on Si", Applied Physics Letters ,  vol. 118, no. 14, pp.141101 , 2021

  5. Bei Shi, Qiang Li, and Kei May Lau " Epitaxial growth of high quality InP on Si substrates: The role of InAs/InP quantum dots as effective dislocation filters ", Journal of Applied Physics ,  Vol. 123, No. 19, 193104, 2018

  6. Si Zhu, Bei Shi, and Kei May Lau, "Electrically pumped 1.5 μm InP-based quantum dot microring lasers directly grown on (001) Si", Optics Letters ,  vol. 44, no. 18, pp.4566-4569, 2019

  7. Yating Wan, Justin Norman, Qiang Li, M. J. Kennedy, Di Liang, Chong Zhang, Duanni Huang, Zeyu Zhang, Alan Y. Liu, Alfredo Torres, Daehwan Jung, Arthur C. Gossard, Evelyn L. Hu, Kei May Lau, and John E. Bowers, " 1.3 μm submilliamp threshold quantum dot micro-lasers on Si ", Optica,  Vol. 4, No. 8, 2017

  8. Qi Lin, Ying Xue, Wei Luo, Jie Huang, Liying Lin, and Kei May Lau, “Gain-switching of 1.55 µm InP-based Qdash lasers grown on Si”, AIP Advances,  Vol. 12, no. 2, 025315, 2022

Fig.3. 980 nm and red lasers grown on Si.

Related publications:

  1. Wei Luo, Liying Lin, Jie Huang, Qi Lin, and Kei May Lau, “Electrically pumped InP/GaAsP quantum dot lasers grown on (001) Si emitting at 750nm”, Optics Express,  Vol. 30, Issue 22, pp. 40750-40755, 2022

  2. Q Lin, J Huang, L Lin, W Luo, W Gu, KM Lau, “980 nm electrically pumped continuous lasing of QW lasers grown on silicon”, Optics Express,  31 (10), 15326-15333, 2023

  3. Wei Luo, Liying Lin, Jie Huang, Yu Han, and Kei May Lau, “Red-emitting InP quantum dot micro-disk lasers epitaxially grown on (001) silicon”, Optics Letters,  Vol. 46, no. 18, pp.4514-4517, 2021