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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 February 2011
Hydrogen doping effects on luminescence properties of bulk ZnO samples were examined by using a pulse-modulated plasma irradiation technique. Three kinds of ZnO samples, including both single- and poly-crystals, were employed as specimens. Secondary-ion-mass-spectroscopy analysis revealed that the surface layer to 100 nm was doped with hydrogen after the irradiation and its concentration was in the order of 1017 cm-3. The efficiency of band edge emission was increased by the hydrogenation. However, the degree of the improvements depended on impurity and defect concentration in the original samples.