Strain Profile and Size Dependent Electronic Band Structure of GeSn/SiSn Quantum Dots for Optoelectronic Application

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1 12 th International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, 2014 Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India Paper Title Time : 2.30 PM Date : 14 Dec 2014 Strain Profile and Size Dependent Electronic Band Structure of GeSn/SiSn Quantum Dots for Optoelectronic Application Presenter Sumanta Bose (sumanta001@e.ntu.edu.sg) Presentation ID S4D.3 Authors Sumanta Bose, W. J. Fan, J. Chen, D. H. Zhang, C. S. Tan School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore NOVITAS, Nanoelectronics Centre of Excellence, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Singapore- MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), Singapore

2 Presenta,on Outline Part 1: Background and algorithm of atomishc quantum dot simulahon. Part 2: Towards Si photonics: GeSn/SiSn our system. Strain, gain & energy profile result

3 Part 1: Background and algorithm of atomishc quantum dot simulahon.

4 What are Quantum Dots? M. Usman, Mul,- million Atom Electronic Structure Calcula,on for Quantum Dots, PhD thesis (online nanohub)

5 Quantum Dots devices & applica,ons M. Usman, Mul,- million Atom Electronic Structure Calcula,on for Quantum Dots, PhD thesis (online nanohub)

6 How Can Theory, Modelling, and Computa,on Help? M. Usman, Mul,- million Atom Electronic Structure Calcula,on for Quantum Dots, PhD thesis (online nanohub)

7 Atomis,c simula,on of QDs Features : Calculates eigenstates of arbitrarily structures Strain: Valence force field (VFF) Already used in simula,ng: QDs & Alloyed QDs Long range strain effects on QDs Effects of wevng layer Piezo- electric effects in QDs QD nuclear spin interac,ons Impuri,es in QDs 3D wave- func,on of QD Energy States Absorp,on /Emission Spectra M. Usman, Mul,- million Atom Electronic Structure Calcula,on for Quantum Dots, PhD thesis (online nanohub)

8 Computa,on Flowchart Capabili'es: Arbitrary shape/size of quantum dot Long range strain, piezoelectric fields Atomis,c representa,on of alloy External Electrical/Magne,c fields Zincblende/Wurtzite crystals M. Usman, Mul,- million Atom Electronic Structure Calcula,on for Quantum Dots, PhD thesis (online nanohub)

9 Presenta,on Outline Part 1: Background and algorithm of atomishc quantum dot simulahon. Part 2: Towards Si photonics: GeSn/SiSn our system. Strain, gain & energy profile result

10 Part 2: Towards Si photonics: GeSn/SiSn our system. Strain, gain & energy profile result.

11 Optoelectronic simula'on of Quantum Dots for Silicon Photonics INTO SILICON PHOTONICS Group IV compa,bility with Si CMOS fab Integra,on of op,cal and electronic components onto a single microchip Providing faster op,cal data transfer between and within microchips. CHOICE OF STRUCTURE/MATERIAL Quantum Dot (QD) based optoelectronic devices: a key enabler in this domain This work: Self assembled Ge 0.5 Sn 0.5 /Si 0.5 Sn 0.5 QDs. COMPUTATION METHODS Valence force field (VFF) using Kea,ng poten,al es,mates strain profile Electronic band structure calcula,on using 8 band k p method STUDY & IMPACT Strain profile & contour Energy band structure QD size effect on the fundamental transi,on energy.

12 The effect of tensile strain on the band structure of Ge. Fig a, Schema,c of how the band diagram changes as biaxial tensile strain is applied. Fig b, Plot of the bandgap energies for the Γ (E g (Γ)) and L (E g (L)) bands as a func,on of tensile strain. Nature Photonics 4, (2010)

13 Figure (a) Band structure of bulk Ge, showing a 136 mev difference between direct & indirect BG (b) the difference between direct & indirect BG can be decreased by tensile strain (c) the rest of the difference between direct & indirect BG in tensile strained Ge can be compensated by filling electrons into the L valleys via n- type doping. Photonics 2014, 1(3),

14 Our QD geometry: Pyramidal Phy. Rev. B, 54, R2300 (1996)

15 Our QD geometry: Pyramidal ü Pyramidal QD grows along +z direc,on, the base and wevng layer in the x-y plane. ü QD Height (h) = (6 to 18) x a 0 and base (2h) = (12 to 36) x a 0. ü The en,re system's height is 3h and the length/width is 4h. Fig. 1. Front view schema,c of our pyramidal QD Fig. 2. 3D schema,c of our pyramidal QD Fig. 3. Top view schema,c of our pyramidal QD

16 Valence Force Field Strain Calcula'on ü Valence Force Field (VFF) method with Kea,ng poten,al ü Calculate the strain energy, E strain expressed in terms of the bond lengths and bond angles as: ( 2 ) 2 1 3αi j 3β 2 i j k 1 strain = 2 i j 0, i j + i j i k 0, i j 0, i k 2 i( j) 8d0, i j i( j) 8d0, i jd + 0, i k 3 E x x d x x x x d d 2 x i is the posi,on vector of the i th atom. For i-j bond, d 0,i-j & a 0,i-j are strain free bond length & lavce constant respec,vely. α i-j & β i-j-k are bond stretching & bond bending force constant. E strain is minimized to amain a stable state by allowing each atom to vibrate and semle. Force on the i th atom is F i = - i (E strain ). Compare final & ini,al atom posi,on to compute stain profile. Δ

17 8 band k.p calcula'on ü Use the 8 band k p method to calculate the electronic band structure. ü 6 band k p method does not consider the CB- VB interac,on. ü The Hamiltonian for the strained QD can be simply wrimen as [ H = H + V z + H ] k Γ ( ) s ü H k stands for the kine,c 8- band effec,ve- mass Hamiltonian (incorpora,ng the CB- VB/spin- orbit interac,on). ü V Γ (z) accounts for the band offset effects ü H s stands for the strain induced Hamiltonian.

18 Results and Discussion Ge 0.5 Sn 0.5 / Si 0.5 Sn 0.5

19 Strain Profile along [001] Tensile Compressive

20 Strain Profile along [010] Tensile Compressive

21 Strain Profile along [100] Tensile Compressive

22 Strain Profile ε xx in (001) plane, z=0

23 Strain Profile ε yy in (001) plane, z=0

24 Strain Profile ε zz in (001) plane, z=0

25 How Strain Changes the Electronic Spectra? Strain has a very important role in QD energy, gain and ophcal performance. Diagrams are only for illustra,on

26 Energy Profile (h/a = 6) System: Ge 0.5 Sn 0.5 / Si 0.5 Sn 0.5

27 Gain Profile (h/a = 6) System: Ge 0.5 Sn 0.5 / Si 0.5 Sn 0.5

28 Energy Profile (h/a = 12) System: Ge 0.5 Sn 0.5 / Si 0.5 Sn 0.5

29 Energy Profile (h/a = 18) System: Ge 0.5 Sn 0.5 / Si 0.5 Sn 0.5

30 Gain Profile (h/a = 18) System: Ge 0.5 Sn 0.5 / Si 0.5 Sn 0.5

31 Size dependency of Band Gap of QD (inversely propor,onal to dimension 2 ) (h/a) BG(meV) Red ship pamern

32 Conclusion ü Studied GeSn/SiSn QDs for their strain profile and electronic band structure ü using valence force field method and 8 band k p method. ü Strain profile was studied in fair depth for the [001] direc,on and (001) plane ü with dis,nct iden,fica,on of zones of compressive and tensile strain. ü Size effect on the fundamental transi,on energy was studied ü which is an essen,al tuning factor in optoelectronic device designs. ü Selec,ve gain curves was studied. ü Observed that it predominantly varies inversely with the second power of QD height.

33 Acknowledgement W. J. Fan would like to acknowledge the support from MOE Tier 1 funding RG 32/12. References (as used in the paper) 1. M. Asghari and A. V. Krishnamoorthy, Silicon photonics: Energy- efficient communica,on, Nature Photonics 5, , T. Saito and Y. Arakawa, Atomic structure and phase stability of In x Ga 1- x N random alloys calculated using a valence- force- field method, Phys. Rev. B, 60, 1701, Y. Kikuchi, H. Sugii et al., Strain profiles in pyramidal quantum dots by means of atomis,c simula,on, J. Appl. Phys. 89, 1191, L. C. L. Y. Voon and M. Willatzen, The k.p Method (Springer, 2009) 5. Y. H. Zhu, Q. Xu, W. J. Fan et al., Theore,cal gain of strained GeSn 0.02 /Ge 1 x yʹ Si x Sn y ʹ quantum well laser, J. Appl. Phys. 107, W. J. Fan, Tensile- strain and doping enhanced direct bandgap op,cal transi,on of n + doped Ge/GeSi quantum wells, J. Appl. Phys. 114, , S. Bose, W. J. Fan et al., "Strain profile, electronic band structure and op,cal gain of self- assembled Ge quantum dots on SiGe virtual substrate", Silicon- Germanium Technology and Device Mee,ng (ISTDM), 2014, 7th Interna,onal, doi: /ISTDM J. Chen, W. J. Fan et al., Electronic structure and op,cal gain satura,on of InAs 1 x N x /GaAs quantum dots, J. Appl. Phys. 105, , 2009.

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