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Effects of annealing and cobalt implantation on the optical properties of βFeSi2.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2011

M S Finney ,
Z Yang ,
M A Harry ,
K J Reeson ,
K P Homewood ,
R M Gwilliam  and
B J Sealy
M S Finney
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey. UK. GU2 5XH.
Z Yang
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey. UK. GU2 5XH.
M A Harry
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey. UK. GU2 5XH.
K J Reeson
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey. UK. GU2 5XH.
K P Homewood
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey. UK. GU2 5XH.
R M Gwilliam
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey. UK. GU2 5XH.
B J Sealy
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey. UK. GU2 5XH.
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Abstract

In this paper optical absorption and photoluminescence (PL) techniques are used to study the optical properties of βFeSi2 layers fabricated by Ion Beam Synthesis (IBS). The way in which the band-gap varies when a small dose of Co is added before Fe implantation is also investigated. Our results indicate that the band-gap for βFeSi2 is direct with a value of O.87eV. When a sufficiently high dose (1×1016cm-2) of Co is implanted prior to Fe we see the appearance of an additional band-gap after annealing at 1173K which we attribute to the formation of a ternary CoxFeySiz, phase. We also show that by placing the sample in a hydrogen plasma it is possible to raise the temperature at which PL occurs in βFeSi2 to ~ 200K.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 316: Symposium A – Materials Synthesis and Processing Using Ion Beams , 1993 , 433
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1994

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