A backside illuminated mesa-structure In Ga As/In P modified uni-traveling-carrier photodiode(MUTC-PD) with wide bandwidth and high saturation power is fabricated and investigated. The device structure is optimized to reduce the capacitance and resistance. For the 22-μm-diameter device, the maximum responsivity at 1.55 μm is 0.5 A/W, and the 3-d B cutoff frequency reaches up to 28 GHz. The output photocurrent at the 1-d B compression point is measured to be 54 m A at 25 GHz, with a corresponding output radio frequency(RF) power of up to 15.5 d Bm. The saturation characteristics of the MUTC-PD are also verified by the electric field simulation, and electric field collapse is found to be the cause of the saturation phenomenon.
In GaN quantum dot is a promising optoelectronic material,which combines the advantages of low-dimensional and wide-gap semiconductors.The growth of In GaN quantum dots is still not mature,especially the growth by metal–organic–vapor phase epitaxy(MOVPE),which is challenge due to the lack of 、itin-situ monitoring tool.In this paper,we reviewed the development of In GaN quantum dot growth by MOVPE,including our work on growth of near-UV,green,and red In GaN quantum dots.In addition,we also introduced the applications of In GaN quantum dots on visible light emitting diodes.
GaN and AlN nanowires(NWs) have attracted great interests for the fabrication of novel nano-sized devices. In this paper, the nucleation processes of GaN and AlN NWs grown on Si substrates by molecular beam epitaxy(MBE)are investigated. It is found that GaN NWs nucleated on in-situ formed Si_3N_4 fully release the stress upon the interface between GaN NW and amorphous Si_3N_4 layer, while AlN NWs nucleated by aluminization process gradually release the stress during growth. Depending on the strain status as well as the migration ability of Ⅲ group adatoms, the different growth kinetics of GaN and AlN NWs result in different NW morphologies, i.e., GaN NWs with uniform radii and AlN NWs with tapered bases.
