Fabrication of periodic microstructures for improving light-extraction efficiencies of light-emitting ZnO/Si devices

Autor: Oji Matsumoto, Kenta Miura, Haruna Kawaguchi, Mizuki Sano, Masaki Saito, Yoshiyuki Hirano, Wataru Kada, Osamu Hanaizumi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Results in Physics, Vol 7, Iss , Pp 2965-2967 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2211-3797
DOI: 10.1016/j.rinp.2017.07.075
Popis: This article presents the first demonstration of integrating a simple one-dimensional (1-D) periodic microstructure and a light-emitting zinc oxide (ZnO) thin film on a silicon (Si) substrate using a simple process with two-beam interference lithography and sputtering. A 1-D microstructure composed of ZnO was obtained using our fabrication process without using a photomask and dry etching. The intensity of a photoluminescence (PL) peak observed from a sample with the periodic microstructure was approximately 5.3 times stronger than that without it. The light-extraction efficiency from the ZnO thin film seems to be improved by the integration of the 1-D periodic microstructure. Keywords: ZnO/Si, Luminescence, Periodic microstructure, Light-extraction efficiency, Sputtering, Two-beam interference lithography
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