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Cathodoluminescence Study of Indented ZnO Crystals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Juan Jiménez
Affiliation:
jimenez@fmc.uva.es, Universidad de Valladolid, Física de la Materia Condensada, E.T.S.I.I., Paseo del Cauce s/n, Valladolid, 47011, Spain, +34 983423191
Manuel Avella
Affiliation:
manuel@fmc.uva.es, Universidad de Valladolid, Física de la Materia Condensada, E.T.S.I.I, Paseo del Cauce s/n, Valladolid, 47011, Spain
Juan Jiménez
Affiliation:
jimenez@fmc.uva.es, Universidad de Valladolid, Física de la Materia Condensada, E.T.S.I.I, Paseo del Cauce s/n, Valladolid, 47011, Spain
Tomás Rodríguez
Affiliation:
tomas@etsit.upm.es, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Tecnología Electrónica, ETSIT, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, 28028, Spain
Michael Callahan
Affiliation:
michael.callahan@hanscom.af.mil, Air Force Research Laboratory, Sensors Directorate, Hanscom AFB, MA, MA 01731, United States
E. Grant
Affiliation:
e.grant@hanscom.af.mil, Air Force Research Laboratory, Sensors Directorate, Hanscom AFB, MA, MA 01731, United States
K. Rakes
Affiliation:
k.rakes@hanscom.af.mil, Air Force Research Laboratory, Sensors Directorate, Hanscom AFB, MA, MA 01731, United States
David Bliss
Affiliation:
david.bliss@hanscom.af.mil, Air Force Research Laboratory, Sensors Directorate, Hanscom AFB, MA, MA 01731, United States
Buguo Wang
Affiliation:
buguo.wang@solidstatescientific.com, Solid State Scientific Corporation, Hollis, NH, NH 03049, United States
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Abstract

Vickers indentations of ZnO crystals grown by te hydrothermal method wer studied by cathodoluminescence. The plastic deformation induced defects, which have influence on the luminescence spectrum. The main changes in the luminescence response concern the generation of non radiative recombination centers, but also a band close to the first order phonon replica of the free exciton is observed to appear in the regions deformed by the indentation. Besides, deep levels are also generated. The result of this is a relative increase of the defect related bands respect to the dominant bound exciton emission.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2007

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