@article{6036, author = {P. C. Findlay and J. P. R. Wells and I. V. Bradley and J. G. Crowder and C. R. Pidgeon and B. N. Murdin and M. J. Yang and I. Vurgaftman and J. R. Meyer}, title = {Suppression of Auger recombination in long-wavelength quantum well W-structure lasers}, abstract = {Using picosecond pulses from a free-electron laser, we have carried out a pump-probe determination of Shockley-Read-Hall (SRH) and Auger free-carrier recombination lifetimes in two long-wave (6-7 mum) W-structure laser with InAs/Ga1-xInxSb/InAs/AlSb active regions. The SRH coefficient is nearly constant (A approximate to4.0X10(8) s(-1)), while the Auger coefficient has an upper limit of C=4.0x10(-27) to 2.2X10(-27) cm(6)/s in the temperature range 40-230 K. This represents an order of magnitude Auger suppression compared to type-I III-V semiconductors with the same energy gap.}, year = {2000}, journal = {Physical Review B}, volume = {62}, number = {15}, pages = {10297-10300}, month = {Oct 15}, isbn = {1098-0121; 1550-235X}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.62.10297}, language = {eng}, }