THERMODYNAMICS OF EXCITONIC MOLECULES IN SILICON

被引:79
作者
GOURLEY, PL [1 ]
WOLFE, JP [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV ILLINOIS,MAT RES LAB,URBANA,IL 61801
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1979年 / 20卷 / 08期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.20.3319
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T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
The first spatially controlled thermodynamic measurements of a system of free excitons (FE) and excitonic molecules (EM) are reported. Both excitonic phases are confined to Gaussian spatial distributions in a strain-induced potential well. This parabolic well affords a simple analytic description of the thermal expansion of the gases. Recombination emission from the ultrapure Si is detected with spatial, spectral, and time resolution over the temperature range 3.5-10 K. The system is well described by a chemical equilibrium between two ideal gases at the lattice temperature: we observe the quadratic dependence of the EM density on the FE density and the expected form of thermal activation. In addition, the EM-FE thermalization time is found to be much less than the recombination times. The thermodynamically determined binding energy, EMt=1.53±0.10 meV, is in excellent agreement with our measured spectroscopic value EMs=1.46±0.09 meV. These values are several times larger than the most recent theoretical estimates. © 1979 The American Physical Society.
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页码:3319 / 3327
页数:9
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