Cathodo- and photo-luminescence of erbium ions in nano-crystalline silicon: mechanism of excitation energy transfer

The processes of the characteristic radiative transition of Er3+ ions involved in optically active centers in nano-crystalline silicon have been studied by photo-luminescence (PL) and cathodo-luminescence (CL). Infrared emission is observed in cathodo-luminescence and in photoluminescence spectrum e...

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Autores: Nogales Díaz, Emilio, Montone, A., Cardellini, F., Méndez Martín, María Bianchi, Piqueras De Noriega, Francisco Javier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2002
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/58923
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58923
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:538.9
Visible Luminescence
Amorphous-Silicon
Local-Structure
Doped Silicon
Si
Er
Films
Electroluminescence
Emission
Centers
Física de materiales
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Sumario:The processes of the characteristic radiative transition of Er3+ ions involved in optically active centers in nano-crystalline silicon have been studied by photo-luminescence (PL) and cathodo-luminescence (CL). Infrared emission is observed in cathodo-luminescence and in photoluminescence spectrum excited with photons of 488 nm. The maximum intensity at 1540 nm was obtained under photons excitation and is about ten times higher in nanocrystalline silicon doped with Er and O than in Er doped crystalline silicon.