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We have investigated by temperature-dependent photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy as-grown GaInNAs, InGaAs, and GaAsN quantum wells (QWs) embedded in a GaAs matrix. The evolution of the PL peak position and of the PL linewidth shows evidence of a strong carrier localization for the GaInNAs QWs only. The high delocalization temperature, in the 150 K range, indicates the presence of a high density of possibly deep-localizing potential wells. In addition, a higher density of nonradiative recombination centers appears to result in stronger carrier localization. Transmission electron microscopy reveals well defined, flat interfaces, in these comparatively high N-content (yN∼0.04–0.05) QWs. Our results thus demonstrate that the origin of localization in GaInNAs QWs is the concomitant presence of both In and N, which may result in strain and/or composition fluctuations.

Abstract-In this paper we discuss silicon-based photonic integrated circuit technology for applications beyond the telecommunication wavelength range. Silicon-on-insulator and germaniumon-silicon passive waveguide circuits are described, as well as the integration of III-V semiconductors, IV-VI colloidal nanoparticles and GeSn alloys on these circuits for increasing the functionality. The strong nonlinearity of silicon combined with the low nonlinear absorption in the mid-infrared is exploited to generate picosecond pulse based supercontinuum sources, optical parametric oscillators and wavelength translators connecting the telecommunication wavelength range and the mid-infrared.