Electroluminescence of erbium-oxygen-doped silicon diodes grown by molecular beam epitaxy

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Stimmer, J
Reittinger, A
Nutzel, JF
Abstreiter, G
Holzbrecher, H
Buchal, C
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[1] FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH, FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM, ZCH, D-52425 JULICH, GERMANY
[2] FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH, FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM, ISI 2, D-52425 JULICH, GERMANY
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10.1063/1.116577
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We have fabricated erbium-oxygen-doped silicon light emitting diodes with molecular beam epitaxy by simultaneously evaporating erbium and silicon and providing a suitable background pressure of oxygen. In reverse bias, the diodes show intense room-temperature electroluminescence at lambda = 1.54 mu m originating from the intra-4f transition or erbium. This luminescence does not show temperature quenching between 4 and 300 K. In forward bias the erbium peak intensity is reduced by a factor of 30 at low temperatures and shows temperature quenching. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.
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