Interaction between rare-earth ions and amorphous silicon nanoclusters produced at low processing temperatures

Journal of Luminescence

Volumn 121, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 199-203

  Meldrum, A ^a   Hryciw, A ^a   MacDonald, A N ^a   Blois, C ^a   Clement, T ^a   DeCorby, R ^a   Wang, J ^b   Li, Quan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Luminescence; Nanoclusters; Nanocrystals; Silicon

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LOW TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; QUANTUM THEORY; RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NANOCLUSTERS; NANOCRYSTALS; NONRESONANT ENERGY TRANSFER; RARE-EARTH IONS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33750366802     PISSN: 00222313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2006.07.013     Document Type: Article

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