Electroluminescence of nanopatterned silicon with carbon implantation and solid phase epitaxial regrowth

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 14099-14106

  Rotem, Efraim ^a   Shainline, Jeffrey M ^b   Xu, Jimmy M ^a,b  

^a Brown University   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ANODIC OXIDATION; CARBON; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

CARBON IMPLANTATION; NANOPATTERNED SILICON; NANOPATTERNING; SOLID PHASE EPITAXIAL REGROWTH;

SILICON;

EID: 35348987113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.014099     Document Type: Article

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