ROOM-TEMPERATURE LUMINESCENCE FROM ER-IMPLANTED SEMIINSULATING POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON

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LOMBARDO, S [1 ]
CAMPISANO, SU [1 ]
VANDENHOVEN, GN [1 ]
CACCIATO, A [1 ]
POLMAN, A [1 ]
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[1] FOM,INST ATOM & MOLEC PHYS,1098 SJ AMSTERDAM,NETHERLANDS
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10.1063/1.110608
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Semi-insulating polycrystalline silicon films with oxygen concentrations in the range 4-27 at. % were deposited by low-pressure chemical vapor deposition of SiH4 and N2O onto silicon substrates, annealed at 920-degrees-C, and then implanted with 2 X 10(15) 500 keV Er ions/cm2. After annealing at temperatures in the range 300-900-degrees-C, the samples show intense room-temperature luminescence around 1.54 mum, characteristic of intra-4f emission from Er3+, upon excitation using an Ar ion laser. The luminescence intensity increases with increasing oxygen concentration in the film. The luminescence is attributed to Er3+ ions in oxygen-rich shells around Si nanograins, excited by a photocarrier-mediated process.
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