Study of thermal treated a-Si implanted with Er and O ions

Visible luminescence of amorphous silicon layers either implanted with Er or co-implanted with Er and O and subsequently annealed in nitrogen has been investigated by cathodoluminescence (CL) in a scanning electron microscope. Co-implanted samples show a more intense luminescence, which is revealed...

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Autores: Plugaru, R., Méndez Martín, María Bianchi, Piqueras De Noriega, Francisco Javier, Tate, T.J.
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:20.500.14352/58919
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58919
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:538.9
Erbium Luminescence
Amorphous-Silicon
Crystal Silicon
Porous Silicon
Excitation
Cathodoluminescence
Photoluminescence
Films
Segregation
Epitaxy
Física de materiales
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Sumario:Visible luminescence of amorphous silicon layers either implanted with Er or co-implanted with Er and O and subsequently annealed in nitrogen has been investigated by cathodoluminescence (CL) in a scanning electron microscope. Co-implanted samples show a more intense luminescence, which is revealed by annealing at lower temperatures than the samples implanted only with erbium. Thermal treatments cause the formation of erbium oxide as well as Er-Si complexes or precipitates. Violet-blue luminescence has been found from CL images and spectra to be related to Er-Si precipitates. Emission in the green-red range is attributed to oxide species.