Room temperature direct-bandgap electroluminescence from a horizontal Ge ridge waveguide on Si
He Chao, Liu Zhi, Cheng Bu-Wen†,
       

(a) Direct-bandgap EL spectra of edge emission under different currents. The length of Ge waveguide is 270 μm. (b) Relationship between integral EL intensity and current density, which is characterized by LJm.