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20092023
most citedLow disordered, stable, and shallow germanium quantum wells: a playground for spin and hybrid quantum technology

146 citations · 647 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 11 cited

Local Alloy Order in a Ge1-xSnx/Ge Epitaxial Layer

Agnieszka Anna Corley-Wiciak, Shunda Chen, Omar Concepción +6

The local ordering of atoms in alloys directly has a strong impact on their electronic and optical properties. This is particularly relevant in nonrandom alloys, especially if they…

physics.optics2021★ 22 cited

THz intersubband electroluminescence from n-type Ge/SiGe quantum cascade structures

David Stark, Muhammad Mirza, Luca Persichetti +15

We report electroluminescence originating from L-valley transitions in n-type Ge/SiGe quantum cascade structures centered at 3.4 and 4.9 THz with a line broadenin…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020★ 18 cited

Intersubband transition engineering in the conduction band of asymmetric coupled Ge/SiGe quantum wells

Luca Persichetti, Michele Montanari, Chiara Ciano +9

: n-type Ge/SiGe asymmetric-coupled quantum wells represent the building block of a variety of nanoscale quantum devices, including recently proposed designs for a silicon-based TH…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 50 cited

Atomic-scale insights into semiconductor heterostructures: from experimental three-dimensional analysis of the interface to a generalized theory of interface roughness scattering

T. Grange, S. Mukherjee, G. Capellini +8

We develop a generalized theory for the scattering process produced by interface roughness on charge carriers and which is suitable for any semiconductor heterostructure. By exploi…

cond-mat.mes-hall2019★ 77 cited

Light effective hole mass in undoped Ge/SiGe quantum wells

M. Lodari, A. Tosato, D. Sabbagh +5

We report density-dependent effective hole mass measurements in undoped germanium quantum wells. We are able to span a large range of densities ( cm) in…

cond-mat.mes-hall2018★ 58 cited

Room temperature operation of n-type Ge/SiGe terahertz quantum cascade lasers predicted by non-equilibrium Green's functions

T. Grange, D. Stark, G. Scalari +9

n-type Ge/SiGe terahertz quantum cascade laser are investigated using non-equilibrium Green's functions calculations. We compare the temperature dependence of the terahertz gain pr…

cond-mat.mes-hall2018★ 146 cited

Low disordered, stable, and shallow germanium quantum wells: a playground for spin and hybrid quantum technology

A. Sammak, D. Sabbagh, N. W. Hendrickx +10

Buried-channel semiconductor heterostructures are an archetype material platform to fabricate gated semiconductor quantum devices. Sharp confinement potential is obtained by positi…

cond-mat.mes-hall2018★ 138 cited

Gate-controlled quantum dots and superconductivity in planar germanium

N. W. Hendrickx, D. P. Franke, A. Sammak +9

Superconductors and semiconductors are crucial platforms in the field of quantum computing. They can be combined to hybrids, bringing together physical properties that enable the d…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015★ 23 cited

Bottom-up assembly of metallic germanium

G. Scappucci, W. M. Klesse, L. A. Yeoh +7

Extending chip performance beyond current limits of miniaturisation requires new materials and functionalities that integrate well with the silicon platform. Germanium fits these r…

cond-mat.mes-hall2009★ 24 cited

Influence of encapsulation temperature on Ge:P delta-doped layers

G. Scappucci, G. Capellini, M. Y. Simmons

We present a systematic study of the influence of the encapsulation temperature on dopant confinement and electrical properties of Ge:P delta-doped layers. For increasing growth te…

cond-mat.mes-hall2009★ 32 cited

Atomic-scale patterning of hydrogen terminated Ge(001) by scanning tunneling microscopy

G. Scappucci, G. Capellini, W. C. T. Lee +1

In this paper we demonstrate atomic-scale lithography on hydrogen terminated Ge(001. The lithographic patterns were obtained by selectively desorbing hydrogen atoms from a H resist…

cond-mat.mes-hall2009★ 48 cited

Ultra-dense phosphorus in germanium delta-doped layers

G. Scappucci, G. Capellini, W. C. T. Lee +1

Phosphorus (P) in germanium (Ge) delta-doped layers are fabricated in ultra-high vacuum by adsorption of phosphine molecules onto an atomically flat clean Ge(001) surface followed…