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Physical review. B, Condensed matter

Influence of the backward-pump process on photon-number squeezing in a constant-current-driven heterojunction LED: Transition from thermionic emission to diffusion limits

Masahide Kobayashi, Masamichi Yamanishi, Hiroyuki Sumitomo, Yutaka Kadoya

Published Dec 15, 1999• 8 citations
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Abstract

Physical mechanisms which limit the squeezing bandwidth in a heterojunction light-emitting diode (LED) have been extensively studied both theoretically and experimentally. It is proven that our experimental results of pump-current dependence of the squeezing bandwidth in the constant-current-driven heterojunction LED at room temperature cannot be explained by previous theoretical predictions. We present a theoretical framework, including the effects of a microscopic backward-pump (BP) process, generally applicable to a heterojunction LED. Parameters describing the relative significance of the BP process are determined by the measurements of current-versus-voltage characteristic and differential resistance of the LED, independent of the noise measurements. As a consequence, the experimental results can be explained by our model in a unified manner over a whole range of injection current, and it is clarified that the pump situation of the LED moves continuously from thermionic emission to diffusion limits with increasing pump current.

DOI
10.1103/physrevb.60.16686

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