Luminescence in GeO x films containing germanium nanoclusters
| Autor: | K. N. Astankova, Vladimir A. Volodin, E. B. Gorokhov, I. A. Azarov, Anton Latyshev, D. V. Marin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Photoluminescence
Materials science business.industry General Engineering chemistry.chemical_element Germanium Cathodoluminescence 02 engineering and technology 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Condensed Matter Physics 01 natural sciences Electron beam physical vapor deposition Nanoclusters symbols.namesake chemistry Ellipsometry 0103 physical sciences symbols Optoelectronics General Materials Science 010306 general physics 0210 nano-technology Raman spectroscopy business Surface states |
| Zdroj: | Nanotechnologies in Russia. 11:325-330 |
| ISSN: | 1995-0799 1995-0780 |
| Popis: | Metastable GeO x films have been deposited onto a Si substrate by the electron beam evaporation of GeO2 powder in high vacuum. The optical properties of Ge nanoclusters in GeO x films after a series of annealing are studied by Raman spectroscopy, ellipsometry, cathodoluminescence, and photoluminescence. After the annealings, the cathodoluminescence peaks are first found in GeO x films in the visible spectral range (400 and 660 nm) at room temperature. The cathodoluminescence may be associated both with the existence of nonground (excited) levels in Ge nanoclusters and allowed optical transitions from an excited to ground level and surface states at Ge/GeO2-matrix interface or defects inside a Ge nanocluster. The photoluminescence signals in a yellow-green region (2.1–2.4 eV), which are observed for GeO x films after annealings, can be explained by quasi-direct optical transitions in Ge nanoclusters. |
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