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Photoluminescence of Ge Nanoclusters in Ion Implanted SiO2

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2011

J.M.J. Lopes ,
F.C. Zawislak ,
M. Behar ,
P.F.P. Fichtner ,
L. Rebohle  and
W. Skorupa
J.M.J. Lopes
Affiliation:
Instituto de Física - UFRGS, Cx. Postal 15051, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, Brazil
F.C. Zawislak
Affiliation:
Instituto de Física - UFRGS, Cx. Postal 15051, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, Brazil
M. Behar
Affiliation:
Instituto de Física - UFRGS, Cx. Postal 15051, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, Brazil
P.F.P. Fichtner
Affiliation:
Departamento de Metalurgia, Escola de Engenharia - UFRGS, Caixa. Postal 15051, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, Brazil
L. Rebohle
Affiliation:
Forschungszentrum Rossendorf e.V. 01314 Dresden, Germany
W. Skorupa
Affiliation:
Forschungszentrum Rossendorf e.V. 01314 Dresden, Germany
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Abstract

180 nm thick SiO2 films produced by wet oxidation of (100) Si wafers were implanted at room temperature with 120 keV Ge+ ions at a fluence of 1.2×10 cm-2 in order to allow the formation of Ge nanoparticles upon post implantation thermal annealings within the interval 400°C ≤ T ≤ 900°C. The size and depth distribution of the Ge nanoparticles were characterized by Transmission Electron Microscopy and Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry. In addition, the room temperature photoluminescence (PL) bands of the nanoparticles system were studied in the regions of the blue-violet and ultra-violet emissions. The mean diameter of the nanoclusters increases from 2.2 nm at 400°C to 5.6 nm at 900°C. Concomitantly, the blue-violet PL intensity increases by a factor of 12 within the same temperature interval. The results are discussed in terms of possible atomic mechanisms involved in the coarsening behavior and leading to the formation of luminescent centers.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 744: Symposium M – Progress in Semiconductors II–Electronic and Optoelectronic Applications , 2002 , M8.28
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

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