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Exciton-mediated excitation of Er3+ in Erbium-doped silicon rich silicon oxide

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2011

Se-Young Seo  and
Jung H. Shin
Se-Young Seo
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 373-1 Kusung-dong, Yusung-gu, Taejon, Korea
Jung H. Shin
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 373-1 Kusung-dong, Yusung-gu, Taejon, Korea
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Abstract

Exciton-mediated excitation of Er3+ in erbium doped silicon rich silicon oxide (SRSO) is investigated. Er-doped SRSO films were fabricated by electron cyclotron-resonance plasmaenhanced chemical vapor deposition of Er-doped SiOx (x < 2) using SiH4 and O2 as source gases and co-sputtering of Er, followed by an anneal at 950 °C. Very weak visible luminescence from Si nanocluster relative to Er3+ luminescence were observed, indicating a very efficient excitation of Er3+ ions by Si nanoclusters. From detailed modeling and analysis of time-resolved Er3+ luminescence as the excitation duration and excitation power, we conclude that exciton-erbium coupling is dominant over exciton-nanocluster. The results are consistent with the proposal that the luminescent Er3+ ions are located predominantly in the SiO2 layer.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 638: Symposium F – Microcrystaline & Nanocrystalline Semiconductors-2000 , 2000 , F14.26.1
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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