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Correlation of Electrical, Structural, and Optical Properties of Erbium in Silicon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

J. L. Benton
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974
D. J. Eaglesham
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974
M. Almonte
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974
P. H. Citrin
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974
M. A. Marcus
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974
D. L. Adler
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974
D. C. Jacobson
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974
J. M. Poate
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974
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Abstract

An understanding of the electrical, structural, and optical properites of Er in Si is necessary to evaluate this system as an opto-electronic material. Extended x-ray absorption fine structure, EXAFS, measurements of Er-implanted Si show that the optically active impurity complex is Er surrounded by an O cage of 6 atoms. The Er photoluminescence intensity is a square root function of excitation power, while the free exciton intensity increases linearly. The square root dependence of the 1.54μm-intensity is independent of measurement temperature and independent of co-implanted species. Ion-implantation of Er in Si introduces donor activity, but spreading resistance carrier concentration profiles indicate that these donors do not effect the optical activity of the Er.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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