PHOTOLUMINESCENCE OF SM DOPED POROUS SILICON - EVIDENCE FOR LIGHT-EMISSION THROUGH LUMINESCENCE-CENTERS IN SIO2 LAYERS

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LIN, J [1 ]
ZHANG, LZ [1 ]
HUANG, YM [1 ]
ZHANG, BR [1 ]
QIN, GG [1 ]
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[1] ACAD SINICA,INT CTR MAT PHYS,SHENYANG 110015,PEOPLES R CHINA
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10.1063/1.111310
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After oxidation promoted by gamma-ray irradiation, in the photoluminescence (PL) spectra of Sm doped porous silicon (PS), there are three sharp peaks, superimposed on a broad band, with wavelengths near to those of the Sm doped SiO2 [R. Morimo, T. Mizushima, and H. Okumura, J. Electrochem. Soc. 137, 2340 (1990)]. The experimental results indicate that Sm-related luminescence centers can be created within the oxide of porous silicon, and only in porous silicon with high porosity can the Sm-related luminescence be found in the SiO2 layer. This experimental result can be explained by the fact that the excitation of electron-hole pairs occurs in nanoscale silicon, and the recombination occurs at the Sm-related luminescence centers in SiO2 layers covering nanoscale silicon.
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