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Electroluminescence of Erbium in Oxygen Doped Silicon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

S. Lombardo ,
S. U. Campisano ,
G. N. Van Den Hoven  and
A. Polman
S. Lombardo
Affiliation:
CNR-IMETEM, Stradale Primosole, 50, 195121 Catania, Italy, cnrgct.infn.it
S. U. Campisano
Affiliation:
CNR-IMETEM, Stradale Primosole, 50, 195121 Catania, Italy, cnrgct.infn.it
G. N. Van Den Hoven
Affiliation:
FOM-AMOLF, Kruislaan 407, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, the Netherlands
A. Polman
Affiliation:
FOM-AMOLF, Kruislaan 407, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Abstract

It is demonstrated room-temperature electroluminescence at 1.54 μm in erbiumimplanted oxygen doped silicon (27 at. 0), due to intra-4f transitions of the Er3+. The luminescence is electrically stimulated by biasing metal-(Si:O,Er)-p+ silicon diodes. The 30 nm thick Si:O,Er films are amorphous layers deposited onto silicon substrates by chemical vapour deposition of SiH4 and N20, doped by ion implantation with Er to a concentration up to ≈ 1.5 at.%, and annealed in a rapid thermal annealing furnace. The most intense electroluminescence is obtained in samples annealed at 400°C in reverse bias under breakdown condition and it is attributed to impact excitation of erbium by hot carriers injected from the Si into the Si:O,Er layer. The electrical characteristics of the diode are studied in detail and related to the electroluminescence characteristics. A lower limit for the impact excitation cross-section of ≈6×10−16 cm2 is obtained.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 422: Symposium D – Rare-Earth Doped Semiconductors II , 1996 , 333
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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