Sensitizing properties of amorphous Si clusters on the 1.54-μm luminescence of Er in Si-rich SiO2

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 3871-3873

  Franzo G ^a   Boninelli, S ^a   Pacifici, D ^a   Priolo, F ^a   Iacona, F ^b   Bongiorno, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b CNR IMM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; LUMINESCENCE; SILICA; STOICHIOMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SENSITIZING PROPERTIES;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 0038646300     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1579555     Document Type: Article

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