Room-temperature electroluminescence of erbium-doped amorphous hydrogenated silicon

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Gusev, OB [1 ]
Kuznetsov, AN [1 ]
Terukov, EI [1 ]
Bresler, MS [1 ]
Kudoyarova, VK [1 ]
Yassievich, IN [1 ]
Zakharchenya, BP [1 ]
Fuhs, W [1 ]
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[1] HAHN MEITNER INST BERLIN GMBH,ABT PHOTOVOLTA,D-12489 BERLIN,GERMANY
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10.1063/1.118377
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We have observed strong room-temperature electroluminescence at 1.54 mu m induced by erbium ions in amorphous hydrogenated silicon (a-Si:H). The device consisted of an Al/a-Si:H(Er)/n-c-Si/Al structure. A mechanism for electronic excitation of the erbium ions in the amorphous matrix is proposed that is based on defect-related Auger excitation. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics.
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