Optical properties of nanocrystalline silicon embedded in SiO2

Science in China, Series A: Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 995-1002

  Ma, Zhixun ^a,b   Liao, Xianbo ^a   Kong, Guanglin ^a   Chu, Junhao ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Absorption spectra; Nanocrystalline silicon; Photoluminescence; Quantum confinement effect; Raman spectra

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042224501     PISSN: 10069283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02880392     Document Type: Article

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