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Electronic Properties and Their Relations to Optical Properties in Rare Earth Doped III-V Semiconductors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Akihito Taguchi ,
Kenichiro Takahei  and
Jyoji Nakata
Akihito Taguchi
Affiliation:
NTT Basic Research Labs., Musashino-shi, Tokyo, JAPAN
Kenichiro Takahei
Affiliation:
NTT Basic Research Labs., Musashino-shi, Tokyo, JAPAN
Jyoji Nakata
Affiliation:
NTT LSI Labs., Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa, JAPAN
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Abstract

We discuss the energy transfer mechanism between rare-earth 4f-shells and III-V semiconductor hosts. For Yb-doped InP, we have proposed an excitation and relaxation model, which explains experimental results for the electronic and optical properties. The Yb 4f-shell is excited by a recombination of an electron and a hole at an electron trap formed by Yb, which is located near the bottom of the conduction band of InP. At high temperatures, the relaxation energy of the Yb 4f-shell is back transferred as a host electron-hole pair, resulting in Yb luminescence quenching. We have found that Er-doped GaAs samples grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition contain as much C as Er. Rutherford back scattering and electronic property measurement results suggested that most of the Er atoms form complexes with C atoms, and these complexes are not electrically active. Such samples showed complicated Er 4f-shell luminescence spectra. To obtain a simple Er luminescence spectrum with a high peak intensity, O was intentionally doped with Er. Er-O complexes seemed to be formed in GaAs and these are responsible for simple and strong 4f-shell luminescence.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 301: Symposium E – Rare-Earth Doped Semiconductors , 1993 , 139
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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