Advanced Optoelectronic Crystals and Devices: Designing and Characterization

A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials for Energy Applications".

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Interests: tunable lasers; photonic inverse design method; optical neural networks; SUSY and non-hermitian in laser system

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Interests: semiconductor laser; degradation mechanism; surface-emitting distributed feedback

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Dear Colleagues,

Optoelectronic devices are essential and form many fundamental components in modern optic systems. Their broadly covered applications include data center interconnection, fiber optical telecommunication, coherent detection and ranging, etc. Boosted by advancing nano-fabrication technology, ever-increasing computational power and revolutionary data-driven algorithms, this research field is now in a very favorable position as it steps into the next phase of its evolution.

In this Special Issue, we invite the community to submit breakthrough results or comprehensive reviews of  progressively advancing optoelectronic devices’ design and characterization with respect to the fields including, but not limited to:  novel materials, simulation and design methods, crystalline material characteristics and test solutions and novel device structures and applications.

Dr. Yongyi Chen
Dr. Cheng Qiu
Dr. Peng Jia
Dr. Yue Song
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Keywords

  • nano-fabrication technology
  • crystalline material characteristic
  • data-driven photonic inverse design method
  • novel OE materials
  • perovskite photoelectric devices
  • quantum dot photoelectric devices
  • graphene photoelectric devices
  • organic photoelectric devices

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Single-Chip Switchable Dual-Wavelength Vertical External-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser
by Zhuo Zhang, Jianwei Zhang, Ziye Du, Haopeng Bai, Jiye Zhang, Tianjiao Liu, Yinli Zhou, Xing Zhang, Chao Chen, Li Qin, Yongqiang Ning and Lijun Wang
Crystals 2023, 13(10), 1520; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst13101520 - 19 Oct 2023
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Dual-wavelength output devices have a wide range of applications in mid-infrared band difference frequency generation, anti-interference lidar, dual-wavelength holographic interferometry, and other applications. Vertical external cavity surface-emitting lasers (VECSELs) are a type of semiconductor laser that can achieve single-chip dual-wavelength output by designing [...] Read more.
Dual-wavelength output devices have a wide range of applications in mid-infrared band difference frequency generation, anti-interference lidar, dual-wavelength holographic interferometry, and other applications. Vertical external cavity surface-emitting lasers (VECSELs) are a type of semiconductor laser that can achieve single-chip dual-wavelength output by designing the chip structure. In this paper, we present a single-chip VECSEL that can switch between dual-wavelength and single-wavelength output modes. The VECSEL can simultaneously emit coaxial laser beams at 967 nm and 1013 nm, with a wavelength spacing of about 45 nm. The degree of mismatch between the gain peaks of the two quantum wells in the gain chip and the corresponding cavity modes is different. By adjusting the pump power, the temperature of the active region can be changed, which alters the matching relationship between the gain peaks and the cavity modes and controls the output mode of the VECSEL. The dual-wavelength output mode maintains a stable wavelength spacing at different operating temperatures. The laser output mode can be switched between single-wavelength and dual-wavelength, and the beam divergence angle is less than 8°. The dual-wavelength output power can exceed 400 mW, and the long-wavelength output power can reach up to 700 mW. Full article
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Calibration Technique for MBE Growth of Long Wavelength InAlAs/InGaAs Quantum Cascade Lasers
by Piotr Gutowski, Iwona Sankowska, Maciej Bugajski, Grzegorz Sobczak, Aleksandr Kuźmicz and Kamil Pierściński
Crystals 2023, 13(9), 1341; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst13091341 - 02 Sep 2023
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In this paper, we present the methodology for precise calibration of the Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) growth process and achieving run-to-run stability of growth parameters. We present the analysis of the influence of fluxes stability during the growth of long wavelength quantum cascade [...] Read more.
In this paper, we present the methodology for precise calibration of the Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) growth process and achieving run-to-run stability of growth parameters. We present the analysis of the influence of fluxes stability during the growth of long wavelength quantum cascade laser structures designed for the range λ ~ 12–16 µm on wavelength accuracy with respect to desired emission wavelength. The active region of the lasers has a complex structure of nanometer thickness InxGa1−xAs/InyAl1−yAs superlattice. As a consequence, the compositional and thickness control of the structure via bulk growth parameters is rather difficult. To deal with this problem, we employ a methodology based on double-superlattice test structures that precede the growth of the actual structures. The test structures are analyzed by High Resolution X-ray Diffraction, which allows calibration of the growth of the complex active region of quantum cascade laser structures. We also theoretically studied the effect of individual flux changes on the emission wavelength and gain parameters of the laser. The results of simulations allow for the determination of flux stability tolerance, preserving acceptable parameters of the laser and providing means of emission wavelength control. The proposed methodology was verified by the growth of laser structures for emission at around 13.5 μm. Full article
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Annealing Stability of NiO/Ga2O3 Vertical Heterojunction Rectifiers
by Jian-Sian Li, Hsiao-Hsuan Wan, Chao-Ching Chiang, Fan Ren and Stephen J. Pearton
Crystals 2023, 13(8), 1174; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst13081174 - 28 Jul 2023
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The stability of vertical geometry NiO/Ga2O3 rectifiers during two types of annealing were examined, namely (1) the annealing of NiO only, prior to the deposition of the Ni/Au metal anode stack, and (2) the annealing of the completed device. The [...] Read more.
The stability of vertical geometry NiO/Ga2O3 rectifiers during two types of annealing were examined, namely (1) the annealing of NiO only, prior to the deposition of the Ni/Au metal anode stack, and (2) the annealing of the completed device. The devices were annealed in oxygen for 1 min at a temperature of up to 500 °C. The results show that annealing at 300 °C can lead to the best performance for both types of devices in terms of maximizing the breakdown voltage and on–off ratio, lowering the forward turn-on voltage, reducing the reverse leakage current, and maintaining the on resistance. The surface morphology remains smooth for 300 °C anneals, and the NiO exhibits a bandgap of 3.84 eV with an almost unity Ni2O3/NiO composition. Full article
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