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[16p-F204-2] Epitaxial growth of IV-VI Semiconductors on Si substrate and application to mid-infrared lasers
Keywords:mid-infrared laser, IV-VI semiconductors, epitaxial growth
IV-VI semiconductors such as PbTe, PbSe, and PbS have direct gaps at L-points of the Brillouine zone, and they are useful for mid-infrared lasers with wavelength longer than 3μm. The probability of Auger nonradiative recombination is much smaller than those of III-V and II-VI compounds because of the almost symmetric band-edge structure in conduction and valence bands. We prepared the IV-VI semiconductor films on Si(111) substrates for the application to the mid-infrared lasers. Simple epitaxial growth method are presented and application to mid-infrared lasers are discussed.