Silicon-based light-emitting devices: Properties and applications of crystalline, amorphous and er-doped nanoclusters

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1596-1605

  Iacona, Fabio ^b   Irrera, Alessia ^b   Franzò, Giorgia ^b   Pacifici, Domenico ^b   Crupi, Isodiana ^b   Miritello, Maria ^b,c   Presti, Calogero D ^a,d   Priolo, Francesco ^b,c  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^d SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electroluminescence (EL); Electroluminescent devices; Erbium; Integrated optoelectronics; Light emitting devices; Nanocrystals; Optical interconnections

Indexed keywords

NANOCRYSTALS; NONRADIATIVE PROCESSES; SILICON CLUSTERS;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LUMINESCENT DEVICES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; SILICON;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 33845659458     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2006.880605     Document Type: Article

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