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Photonics Research, Volume. 8, Issue 6, 788(2020)

Carrier lifetime of GeSn measured by spectrally resolved picosecond photoluminescence spectroscopy

Brian Julsgaard1、*, Nils von den Driesch2,3, Peter Tidemand-Lichtenberg4, Christian Pedersen4, Zoran Ikonic5, and Dan Buca2
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  • 1Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
  • 2Peter Grünberg Institute 9 (PGI 9), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
  • 3JARA-Institut Green IT, RWTH Aachen, Germany
  • 4DTU Fotonik, Technical University of Denmark, Frederiksborgvej 399, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
  • 5Pollard Institute, School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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    Brian Julsgaard, Nils von den Driesch, Peter Tidemand-Lichtenberg, Christian Pedersen, Zoran Ikonic, Dan Buca, "Carrier lifetime of GeSn measured by spectrally resolved picosecond photoluminescence spectroscopy," Photonics Res. 8, 788 (2020)

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    Category: Spectroscopy

    Received: Dec. 3, 2019

    Accepted: Mar. 9, 2020

    Published Online: Apr. 30, 2020

    The Author Email: Brian Julsgaard (brianj@phys.au.dk)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.385096

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