GeSn shortwave infrared LED array prepared on GeSn nanostrips for on-chip broad-spectrum light sources

Qinxing Huang; Xiangquan Liu; Jun Zheng; Yupeng Zhu; Yazhou Yang; Jinlai Cui; Zhi Liu; Yuhua Zuo; Tao Men; Buwen Cheng

doi:10.1364/PRJ.535299

Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 6, 1572(2025)

GeSn shortwave infrared LED array prepared on GeSn nanostrips for on-chip broad-spectrum light sources

Qinxing Huang^1,2、†, Xiangquan Liu^1,2、†, Jun Zheng^1,2、*, Yupeng Zhu^1,2, Yazhou Yang^1,2, Jinlai Cui^1,2, Zhi Liu^1,2, Yuhua Zuo^1,2, Tao Men^1,2, and Buwen Cheng^1,2

Author Affiliations

¹State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China

²College of Materials Science and Opto-Electronics Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

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Paper Information

Category: Silicon Photonics

Received: Jul. 11, 2024

Accepted: Mar. 21, 2025

Published Online: May. 26, 2025

The Author Email: Jun Zheng (zhengjun@semi.ac.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.535299

CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.535299

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