Superconductor-based Light Emitting Diode: Demonstration of Role of Cooper Pairs in Radiative Recombination Processes

, , , , and

Published 17 January 2008 ©2008 The Japan Society of Applied Physics
, , Citation Yujiro Hayashi et al 2008 Appl. Phys. Express 1 011701 DOI 10.1143/APEX.1.011701

1882-0786/1/1/011701

Abstract

A light emitting diode with superconducting Nb electrodes was fabricated to investigate the contribution of cooper pairs to radiative recombination in a semiconductor. Electroluminescence observed from the active layer in which electron cooper pairs and normal holes are injected was drastically enhanced at the temperature lower than the superconducting transition temperature of the Nb electrodes. This is the first experimental evidence that cooper pairs enhance radiative recombinations by the superradiance effect.

Export citation and abstract BibTeX RIS

10.1143/APEX.1.011701