On the low-temperature efficiency of photoluminescence in a-Si: H and other materials

Autor: G. K. Diprose, T.M. Searle, Mark Hopkinson, W. A. Jackson, A. J. Rhodes
Rok vydání: 1991
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Zdroj: Philosophical Magazine B. 63:179-191
ISSN: 1463-6417
1364-2812
DOI: 10.1080/01418639108224439
Popis: We present new results on the excitation intensity and temperature dependence of the photoluminescence efficiency below 100K in a range of materials, largely but not exclusively based on a-Si: H. The results indicate that radiative rates which increase with increasing temperature, along with non-radiative rates which increase with intensity, are present in doped and undoped a-Si:H, a-Si:N:H, microcrystalline Si: H and crystalline As2Se3. A range of a-Si: H and a-Si: N: H films with different photoluminescence efficiencies has been investigated and provides further evidence for an intensity-dependent radiative rate, as well as for a sample-dependent competing non-radiative path. We discuss the mechanisms of these processes in terms of currrent models, suggesting links between the two intensity-dependent processes.
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