THE SPECTRAL DISTRIBUTION OF LIGHT-EMISSION FROM HOT CARRIERS IN GAASPIN DIODES - EXPERIMENTS AND MONTE-CARLO ANALYSIS

Authors
OSTERMEIR R LUGLI P LIEBIG D KOCH F VOGL P HARTH W
Citation
R. Ostermeir et al., THE SPECTRAL DISTRIBUTION OF LIGHT-EMISSION FROM HOT CARRIERS IN GAASPIN DIODES - EXPERIMENTS AND MONTE-CARLO ANALYSIS, Semiconductor science and technology, 9(5), 1994, pp. 671-673
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic","Physics, Condensed Matter","Material Science
Journal title
Semiconductor science and technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02681242
Volume
9
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Supplement
S
Pages
671 - 673
Database
ISI
SICI code
0268-1242(1994)9:5<671:TSDOLF>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
We present a combined experimental and theoretical study of hot-carrie r effects in GaAs PIN diodes. Electroluminescence spectra are measured both below and above bandgap, evidencing features connected to gap st ates and to hot-carrier distributions. The results of a self-consisten t Monte Carlo investigation illustrate the microscopic details of carr ier transport in the device and confirm that under breakdown condition s average carrier energies as high as several tenths of an eV can be r eached.