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High Temperature Annealing Behaviors of Luminescent Siox:H Films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Zhixun Ma ,
Xianbi Xiang ,
Shuran Sheng ,
Xianbo Liao ,
Chunlin Shao  and
Masayoshi Umeno
Zhixun Ma
Affiliation:
Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China;
Xianbi Xiang
Affiliation:
Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China;
Shuran Sheng
Affiliation:
Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China;
Xianbo Liao
Affiliation:
Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China;
Chunlin Shao
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, 466-8555, Japan
Masayoshi Umeno
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, 466-8555, Japan
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Abstract

The effects of high temperature annealing on the microstructure and optical properties of luminescent SiOx:H films have been investigated. Micro-Raman scattering and IR absorption, in combination with atomic force microscopy (AFM), provide evidence for the existence of both a-Si clusters in the as-grown a-SiOx:H and Si nanocrystals in the 1170°C annealed films. The dependence of optical coefficients (μ) on photon energy (hv) near the absorption edge (Eg) is found to follow the square root law: (μhv)½ μ (Eg – hv), indicating that nano-Si embedded in Si02 is still an indirect material. A comparison of the deduced absorption edge with the PL spectra shows an obvious Stokes shift, suggesting that phonons should be involved in the optical transition process.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 560: Symposium E – Luminescent Materials , 1999 , 101
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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